Lindsay Jail

• Inquest probes deaths of 4 inmates in Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont.

  The March 18 joint inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four inmates between 2020 to 2022 who all died from drug toxicity.

  Crime

  Feb 29
  
• Faqiri inquest recommends corrections ‘inspectorate,’ rules death a homicide

  Jurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail have recommended the province create a designated "inspectorate" for corrections.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
  
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• Coroner’s inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri hears from correctional officer

  David Surowiec says he and several other staff members were put on administrative suspension after Soleiman Faqiri's death on Dec. 15, 2016.

  Crime

  Dec 4, 2023
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• Going to jail can disrupt health care for people with mental illness, inquest hears

  People with mental illness can experience significant disruptions to their health care when they are taken into custody, coroner's inquest for Soleiman Faqiri reveals.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
• Date set for inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. jail

  Investigations revealed the 30-year-old man had been beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained following altercations with correctional staff at the Central East Correctional Centre.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2023
• Soleiman Faqiri’s family hopes November inquest into his death will offer answers

  Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15, 2016, after being beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained face-down in a segregation cell at the Central East Correctional Facility in Lindsay, Ont.

  Canada

  May 19, 2023
• Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay adds security team targeting human, drug trafficking

  The institutional security teams gather information within correctional facilities to help prevent human trafficking, drug trafficking, and detect contraband items.

  Politics

  Mar 2, 2022
• Inquest into death of immigration detainee at Peterborough Regional Health Centre postponed

  The inquest into the 2015 death of Abdurahman Hassan in Peterborough was scheduled to begin on Nov. 29.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2021
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• Inquest ordered into death of immigration detainee at Peterborough Regional Health Centre in 2015

  Abdurahman Hassan died in a hospital room at Peterborough Regional Health Centre on June 11, 2015, after being transferred from the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay.

  Crime

  Oct 29, 2021
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• COVID-19: Outbreak declared at Central East Correctional Centre; 6 new cases in Kawartha Lakes

  Health officials say as of Tuesday there were four COVID-19 cases as part of an outbreak at the Central East Correctional Centre.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2021