Ontario Ministry Of Community Safety And Correctional Services

• Correctional officer taken hostage at Kenora jail released from hospital

  A correctional officer who was taken hostage by inmates at a jail in Kenora, Ont., has been released from hospital and is recovering at home.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2018
  
• Ontario man with schizophrenia who died after ‘altercation’ with jail guards had over 50 injuries: lawyer

  Thirty-year-old Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15 — 11 days after being admitted to the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., on charges of assault, threatening death and bodily harm and two counts of aggravated assault.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2017
  
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• Family still without answers 6 months after Ontario man with schizophrenia dies in jail

  Six months after the unexplained death of a man with schizophrenia inside an Ontario jail following a “physical altercation” with multiple guards, his family is still desperate to know what really happened to him.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2017
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• Family wants answers after Ontario man with schizophrenia killed in jail guard ‘altercation’

  The family of Soleiman Faqiri, a man with schizophrenia who died after a "physical altercation" with guards inside an Ontario jail last month, are demanding answers -- while friends hold a vigil in his memory in Toronto.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2017
• Years after Ashley Smith death, little action for women inmates

  For years, proponents have pushed Ottawa and Ontario for a secure hospital facility for women inmates with serious mental illness. So far, no nibbles.

  Canada

  May 1, 2014