Ontario prisons
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Crowding in jails close to pre-pandemic levels, Ontario Human Rights Commission saysBut it warns those numbers have been rising again for months, "as Ontario is facing the most serious stage of the pandemic so far."CanadaMay 11, 2021
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3 inmates at Warkworth Institution test positive for COVID-19: Correctional Service CanadaThe cases at Warkworth Institution are believed to be linked to a major COVID-19 outbreak at Joyceville Institution.Dec 17, 2020
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Ontario jail guards broke use-of-force rules in death of Soleiman Faqiri: court documents"My brother is buried, but we don't have his closure."CrimeDec 16, 2020
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Ontario ombudsman receives record number of complaints about jailsPaul Dube details problems with overcrowding, poor living conditions, and lack of inmate access to medical care in his annual report released Tuesday.CanadaJun 30, 2020
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Ontario jail guards allowed to wear masks during COVID-19 pandemic after deal reachedCorrectional officers in Ontario have resolved a weeks-long dispute with the government over permission to wear face masks inside provincial jails during the COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaApr 24, 2020
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Ontario appeal court upholds class action rulings against isolation in prisonsEven without a full-blown trial, a judge was right to decide that placing inmates in solitary confinement amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of their rights, Ontario's top court ruled on Monday.CanadaMar 9, 2020
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Ontario looking to adjust jail phone call system, include calls to cellphonesCurrently they are only able to place collect calls to landlines.PoliticsJan 14, 2020
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Challenge to the federal government’s prison-needle ban postponed to Dec. 17A court hearing to challenge the federal government's ban on needles for drug-using prisoners has been postponed to next week.CanadaDec 9, 2019
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Ontario court to hear challenge to a prison needle ban this weekA constitutional challenge to the federal government's refusal to provide clean needles in prisons is set to be heard by an Ontario court this week.CrimeDec 8, 2019
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Human rights commission criticizes Ontario’s proposed changes to inmate segregationThe changes, the commission says in a submission, do not address practices found to violate both the Canadian charter and the Ontario human rights code.CanadaOct 17, 2019
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