Matthew Hines

• No further action to be taken against N.B. jail guards in death of inmate: Crown

  A provincial court judge dismissed the charges against the two guards in April, and the province's Public Prosecution Services will not be taking any further action in the case.

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  Jul 3, 2019
  
• Judge dismisses charges against jail guards in death of N.S. inmate

  A judge has dismissed charges against two correctional officers in the death of a Nova Scotia inmate who was pepper-sprayed inside New Brunswick's Dorchester Penitentiary.

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  Apr 5, 2019
  
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• N.B. prison guards plead not guilty to manslaughter charge in Matthew Hines’ death

  Hines was serving a five-year sentence for crimes including robbery when he died on May 26, 2015.

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  Apr 25, 2018
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• Case against two guards charged in N.B. inmate’s death adjourned a month

  RCMP had originally said foul play was not suspected in the death of Hines, who was hit repeatedly with pepper spray in prison.

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  Feb 26, 2018
• 2 correctional officers charged in 2015 death of N.B. inmate

  Alvida Ross and Mathieu Bourgoin have been charged with one count each of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in the death of Matthew Ryan Hines. 

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  Jan 3, 2018
• Man’s death in New Brunswick prison preventable: correctional investigator

  Matthew Ryan Hines died at Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester on May 26, 2015.

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  May 2, 2017
• RCMP re-open investigation into the death of pepper sprayed Dorchester inmate

  Matthew Hines died on March 27, 2015 after he was pepper sprayed for refusing to return to his cell.

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  Sep 23, 2016
• Minister Ralph Goodale says no tolerance for ‘inappropriate use of force’ in prison

  Goodale also said family members and the public deserve to know what happens in cases involving inmates and guards.

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  Aug 25, 2016
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• Dorchester jail death raises issues of use of force, health care: investigator

  Howard Sapers said in an interview his office is delving further into the circumstances surrounding the death of 33-year-old Matthew Hines.

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  Aug 23, 2016