Inmate

• New Brunswick inmate captured after Saint John jail escape through fence: police

  Police in New Brunswick say an inmate who escaped from a jail in Saint John by squeezing through a fence is back in custody. 

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2024
  
• 34-year-old inmate dies after altercation in Alberta prison

  Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says an inmate died on Monday while in custody at a medium-security prison in Drumheller Alta. after an altercation.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2024
  
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• Officials probing death of inmate at Victoria-area prison

  The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution.

  Sep 8, 2023
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• Convicted murderer who escaped from Kingston prison recaptured

  Joshua Kenneth Kohl, 42, is serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder, and is being held in the minimum security unit.

  Crime

  May 17, 2023
• Ontario to pay $33M in proposed settlement for class actions over London jail conditions

  Under the proposed settlement, which still requires a judge's approval, the province will pay nearly $32.8 million to class members detained at the jail during a 12-year period.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2023
• Inmate mistakenly released from Barton Street Jail returned to custody: Hamilton police

  Now back in custody, an inmate left the Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre on March 3 following an 'administrative error' that's under investigation by the Solicitor General.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2023
• Final submissions made in decade-old Millhaven Institution assault case

  More than 10 years after it happened, the case of a corrections officer charged with assault with a weapon is nearing a close as final submissions were made Thursday.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2023
• Hamilton police seek inmate mistakenly released from Barton Street Jail

  Hamilton police say a 45-year-old inmate has been missing for days after he was improperly released from the Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2023
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• Trial begins for corrections officer accused of assault with a weapon in 2012

  After being involved in an incident with an inmate at Millhaven institution in 2012, a corrections officer is facing one count of assault with a weapon just over a decade later.

  Crime

  Jan 6, 2023
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• Montreal prison manager suspended in addition to guard after death of illegally detained 21-year-old man

  Quebec's Public Security Department says the suspension is the second involving a Bordeaux detention centre employee in connection with the death of Nicous D'Andre Spring.

  Canada

  Jan 1, 2023