Emergency crews were called to the Maplehurst Correctional Complex at around 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Black inmates spent longer behind bars awaiting trial than white people charged with many of the same categories of crimes in each of the past five years. Continue reading →

Howard Sapers released a report Tuesday painting a picture of a system in need of an overhaul to emphasize human rights, and that lacks the proper tools to address Indigenous overrepresentation and full oversight when inmates die in custody. Continue reading →

Survivors of a shadowy chapter in the history of Canada’s prison system say the legacy of the alleged abuse they endured as children is being ignored, if not erased. Continue reading →

Ontario is launching a review of the solitary confinement policy in provincial jails. Continue reading →

Transgender inmates in Ontario will now be dealt with based on their own gender identity, not their physical sexual traits. Continue reading →

John Greyson and Dr. Tarek Loubani, the two Canadians released last month from an Egyptian prison, have joined the call for a stop to “indefinite” immigration detention in Canada. Continue reading →

Rallies are planned across southern Ontario today to protest what activists say is the unfair detention of nearly 200 migrants at a provincial jail. Continue reading →

Ontario’s ombudsman is warning that jail guards are brutalizing inmates and then covering up the abuse. Continue reading →