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Ontario won’t commit to ending use of mental illness as a reason for solitary confinementOntario corrections officers are breaking the province's own rules -- and breaching the terms of a human rights settlement -- by using mental illness as a reason for segregating inmates.CanadaMay 5, 2016
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Red Cross signs deal to visit detainees in Ontario jails months after Global News investigationCanada's Red Cross has formally signed a letter of understanding allowing its inspectors to visit immigration detainees being held in Ontario jails, after years of fruitlessly demanding access.CanadaAug 20, 2015
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Ontario watchdog calls for end to solitary confinement for youth for more than 24hIt’s time to stop locking young people in solitary confinement for days at a time, says Ontario’s Advocate for Children and Youth.CanadaAug 19, 2015
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Rough justice: An innocent man recalls his jailhouse beatingLondon resident Jeremy Sippel talks to Global News about being beaten while in jail for a crime he didn't commit.CrimeNov 26, 2014
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Rough justice: The human cost of Ontario’s crowded, violent jailsGlobal News investigation sheds light on a penal system whose violence-related crowding is even worse than depicted on paper: Older prisons retrofitted to hold many more inmates than their original design capacity are more likely to be scenes of brutality.Nov 19, 2014
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