Inmates

• ‘Shockingly high’: Bell got $64M from Ontario jail calls at issue in lawsuit

  Bell 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.

  Canada

  Aug 9
  
• As N.S. jail death toll mounts, father grieves son and calls for corrections reform

  The 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.

  Canada

  Jul 24
  
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• Ontario alone in locking down inmates due to staff shortages: lawsuits

  Ontario 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.

  Crime

  Jul 3
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• Sask. RCMP warn public of 2 inmates at large after escaping Besnard Lake Correctional Camp

  Pinehouse RCMP say two inmates have escaped Besnard Lake Correctional Camp.

  Crime

  Jan 29
• Inmates say dangerous conditions inside understaffed Nova Scotia jail violate rights

  Inmates 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.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2023
• Action needed as inmate deaths in Ontario rise, report says

  A 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.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2023
• Sask. auditor’s report flags issues around administrative segregation at correctional facilities

  An 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.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2022
• Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge, Sask. inmates test positive for COVID-19

  CSC 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.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2022
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• Package containing contraband seized at Warkworth Institution: Correctional Service Canada

  Among the items seized were cannabis, cellphones and accessories, according to Correctional Service Canada.

  Crime

  Apr 11, 2022
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• Loyalist Fire responds to structure fire call at Millhaven Institution

  Millhaven Institution was the focus of a structure fire call Tuesday morning that forced eight inmates to temporarily relocate.

  Fire

  Mar 29, 2022