A correctional officer at an Ontario jail alleges he was assaulted at work by two colleagues following their comments about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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.

Currently they are only able to place collect calls to landlines.

The Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) has joined province-wide rallies over inmate mistreatment after Joe Gratton died Oct. 31 in a Windsor jail.

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

In its decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal extended the deadline until April 30, 2019.

A man and a woman from Winnipeg are in jail in Kenora pending bail hearings after being arrested in Ontario Friday.

A federal lawyer says Bill C-56, introduced earlier this month, would set presumptive limits on administrative segregation, along with independent oversight of its application.

In a report out today, ombudsman Paul Dube says no one is properly tracking how long inmates are kept in solitary.