Ontario Corrections

• Faqiri inquest recommends corrections ‘inspectorate,’ rules death a homicide

  Jurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail have recommended the province create a designated "inspectorate" for corrections.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
  
• Virtual inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. jail set for Nov. 20

  Soleiman Faqiri, 30, died in Decmember 2016, at the Central East Correctional Centre following altercations with correctional staff. The coroner's inquest will be held Nov. 20.

  Crime

  Nov 3, 2023
  
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• OPP again deem no criminal charges for death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay jail

  Ontario's top pathologist in August 2021 ruled actions by correctional guards directly contributed to the death of Faqiri Soleiman in December 2015.

  Crime

  Aug 23, 2022
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• Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay adds security team targeting human, drug trafficking

  The institutional security teams gather information within correctional facilities to help prevent human trafficking, drug trafficking, and detect contraband items.

  Politics

  Mar 2, 2022
• Ontario’s top pathologist says correctional officers to blame for Soleiman Faqiri death at Lindsay jail

  Soleiman Faqiri died while in custody at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., in December 2016.

  Crime

  Aug 10, 2021
• Second inmate death in three days reported at EMDC, ministry confirms

  Paramedics attended the jail Wednesday morning after an inmate was located in medical distress and was taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2021
• Ontario government to spend $500M on corrections staffing, upgrading facilities

  "For years we've been asking for help."

  Crime

  Jun 16, 2020
• February date announced in joint inquest into deaths of three EMDC inmates

  The inquest, set to begin at 9 a.m. on Feb. 24 and last 12 days, will probe the events surrounding the deaths of Floyd Deleary, 39, Justin Thompson, 27, and Murray James Davis, 24.

  Jan 14, 2020
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• Conditions at EMDC ‘among the worst’ in Ontario: human rights commissioner

  The conditions also pose a serious risk to the health and safety of both inmates and correctional staff, Renu Mandhane writes.

  Politics

  May 21, 2019