Ns Department Of Justice

• 2017 Halifax assault, homicide added to province’s major unsolved crimes program

  Police found the man laying on the ground on the corner of Buddy Daye and Gottingen streets on July 20, 2017.

  Mar 19, 2019
  
• Death of inmate prompts changes at Burnside jail

  Joshua Aaron Evans of Bridgetown, N.S., was in the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility. He was found in severe medical stress on Sept. 10 and died the next day in hospital.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2018
  
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• Fentanyl seized from N.S. correctional facility for 1st time

  Correctional Services recently purchased five body scanners to identify drugs, weapons and other contraband. 

  Crime

  May 8, 2018
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• Man assaulted by three other offenders at Burnside jail

  The victim in the assault remains in hospital.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2017
• Still no answers following prisoners escape in December

  Six weeks after the excape, a spokesperson for the justice department says the investigation is still underway.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2016
• Police searching for prisoner who escaped custody while being transferred to sheriff’s van

  A 43-year-old man has escaped from custody while being transferred to a Sheriff's van in Nova Scotia, and it's not the first time the man has slipped from authorities.

  Dec 5, 2015
• Review finds procedures not followed at Burnside jail during stabbing

  On June 21, a 39-year-old inmate was stabbed multiple times after being attacked by five other inmates inside a shared cell.

  Aug 26, 2014