Maplehurst Correctional Complex

• Unvaccinated staff at Ontario correctional centre placed on unpaid leave amid COVID outbreak

  Several unvaccinated staff at an Ontario jail have been placed on unpaid leave amid a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2021
  
• ‘Folks are dying’: Community rallies for depopulation of Ontario jails after COVID-19 outbreaks

  "Folks are protesting for basic human needs, for access to clean air, access to clean laundry, personal protective equipment," one prisoner advocate said.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2021
  
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• Black Ontario correctional officer speaks out against white coworkers who allegedly ‘attacked’ him

  Now, Stephen Smith is "seeking some vindication, some acknowledgment that he was not at fault, that this should have not happened in the first place, nor will it happen again."

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2021
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• Police arrest prisoner who was mistakenly released from jail

  A prisoner who was mistakenly let out of jail in Milton has been arrested in North York.

  Crime

  Aug 27, 2020
• Halton police search for Milton inmate released by mistake

  Police said they were notified by staff from the Maplehurst Correctional Complex that an inmate was released "in error" at around 11 p.m. Monday.

  Cannabis

  Aug 18, 2020
• Inmate faces charges for the death of Milton prisoner, police say

  Homicide detectives say supporting data from forensics teams and the coroner determined the cause of death.

  Crime

  Nov 5, 2019
• 1 dead and 5 injured after suspected drug overdoses at Milton prison, police say

  Emergency crews were called to the Maplehurst Correctional Complex at around 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday.

  Crime

  May 7, 2019
• Ontario appeal court finds prison lockdowns not ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment

  A judge's finding that numerous prison lockdowns amounted to cruel and unusual treatment for two detainees was overturned Wednesday along with the $85,000 in damages he had awarded them.

  Crime

  Aug 23, 2017
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• Ontario’s top human rights official urges reforms to detention of non-criminal foreigners

  Jail cells are no place for vulnerable immigrant detainees who have neither been charged with, nor convicted of, any crime, Ontario's top human rights official says.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2016