Inmates
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CRTC looking into inmate phone call rates in Canada following Ontario caseThe CRTC is looking into phone call rates at correctional facilities, spurred by high long-distance charges that families of inmates at Ontario jails had to pay for years.CanadaJan 30, 2025
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‘Shockingly high’: Bell got $64M from Ontario jail calls at issue in lawsuitBell Canada made more than $64 million in gross revenues from calls made by inmates at Ontario jails — at "exorbitant" rates, lawyers allege in a lawsuit.CanadaAug 9, 2024
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As N.S. jail death toll mounts, father grieves son and calls for corrections reformThe grieving parent said his 33-year-old son's suicide on April 26 should be remembered as an example of how the provincial corrections system is failing to protect inmates' lives.CanadaJul 24, 2024
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Ontario alone in locking down inmates due to staff shortages: lawsuitsOntario is the only province where inmates are regularly locked down due to staff shortages, according to expert evidence in a pair of class-action lawsuits.CrimeJul 3, 2024
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Sask. RCMP warn public of 2 inmates at large after escaping Besnard Lake Correctional CampPinehouse RCMP say two inmates have escaped Besnard Lake Correctional Camp.CrimeJan 29, 2024
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Inmates say dangerous conditions inside understaffed Nova Scotia jail violate rightsInmates at a Halifax-area jail say their rights have been violated by months-long rolling lockdowns, as correctional officers refuse work because of dangerous conditions.CanadaJul 20, 2023
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Action needed as inmate deaths in Ontario rise, report saysA report released by the panel this week says 25 inmates across more than two dozen facilities in the province died in 2019 and 46 inmates deaths were recorded in 2021.CanadaFeb 1, 2023
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Sask. auditor’s report flags issues around administrative segregation at correctional facilitiesAn audit done between January 2021 and April 2022 found 13 inmates that had been in administrative segregation for longer than 15 days, with the longest being recorded at 43 days.CanadaDec 7, 2022
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Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge, Sask. inmates test positive for COVID-19CSC said staff are being supplied with personal protective gear like medical masks, respirators, and face shields, and inmates are offered medical masks when not in their cells.HealthJul 21, 2022
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Package containing contraband seized at Warkworth Institution: Correctional Service CanadaAmong the items seized were cannabis, cellphones and accessories, according to Correctional Service Canada.CrimeApr 11, 2022
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