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• Ontario solicitor general’s EMDC visit left OPSEU head disappointed

  Thomas says Solicitor General Sylvia Jones met with EMDC management and spoke with two members of OPSEU. He'd like her to return to tour the jail with OPSEU leadership.

  Canada

  Aug 6, 2021
  
• Solicitor General plans visit to EMDC after union calls for help in protecting jail staff

  OPSEU's letter to the solicitor general came days after thousands rallied outside the jail, including hundreds of bikers, after the latest inmate death.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2021
  
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• Thousands rally outside London, Ont., jail after most recent inmate death

  A large crowd of supporters and hundreds of bikers rallied outside a London, Ont., jail Saturday to demand justice after another inmate died.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2021
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• Lawyer, loved ones frustrated by decision to remove memorial crosses outside of EMDC

  A grievance was filed alleging that the memorial crosses were exacerbating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among some jail employees.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2021
• Middlesex-London Health Unit confirms first case of coronavirus at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre

  Medical officer of health, Dr. Chris Mackie, said the case involving an inmate comes after a "wave of screening at EMDC."

  Health

  Jun 11, 2020
• Sister of inmate who died at EMDC to walk 180 km to demand changes at troubled jail

  After a damning letter from the Ontario human rights commissioner about the jail, one woman is embarking on a 180-kilometre walk to demand changes.

  Politics

  May 24, 2019
• Trial of former EMDC staffers to proceed following Supreme Court ruling

  Canada's top court dismissed a leave to appeal a judgment made by Ontario's Court of Appeal that ordered the trial of the two men to proceed.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2018
• Body scanners operational at EMDC, two years after announcement

  The EMDC is one of the country's deadliest jails, with at least 10 inmate deaths at the detention Centre since 2009.

  Crime

  May 1, 2018
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• London police investigate another inmate death at EMDC

  Just weeks after a 29-year-old man was found dead in his cell, another inmate has died at London's Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre.

  Crime

  Jan 8, 2018