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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A 43-year-old convicted murderer incarcerated since a teen has been handed an additional 12 months behind bars for confining two correctional guards, with a Nova Scotia judge …
Read More »Inmate killed in assault at Manitoba prison, RCMP say
Officers were called to Stony Mountain Institution, 24 km north of Winnipeg, after a report of a serious assault. The victim was rushed to hospital where he later died. News Source link
Read More »One inmate dead, seven taken to hospital after fight in Stony Mountain Institution – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size One inmate is dead and seven were hospitalized after what RCMP are calling a “large fight” at Stony Mountain Institution that reportedly involved edged weapons. Police said they were called to the federal prison Monday just after 6:30 p.m., where a 33-year-old …
Read More »OPP search for convicted murderer who escaped from Kingston prison
The OPP are on the hunt for an escaped inmate from Collins Bay Institution. By Nick Lansdown Global News Posted May 17, 2023 9:09 am Updated May 17, 2023 9:46 am News Source link
Read More »Ontario government, Bell won’t say how much money they made from inmate phone calls
TORONTO — Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe as “exorbitant” rates for inmate calls over eight years. Bell operated the Offender Telephone Management System from 2013 to 2021 — which allowed inmates …
Read More »Ontario to pay $33M in proposed settlement for class actions over London jail conditions
A proposed settlement has been reached in two class action lawsuits against the province over conditions at London’s Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, and allegations that thousands of inmates were deprived of their Charter rights while at the troubled provincial jail. Under the proposed settlement, still subject to approval by a judge, …
Read More »‘It seems to be she was silenced,’ mom says as Ontario inquest examines death of Indigenous inmate
Sitting through an inquest into her daughter’s death, Selina McIntyre says the hardest part is “knowing my daughter wanted me and I wasn’t there.” McIntyre, of Hay River, N.W.T., spoke to CBC News after testifying before a coroner’s jury in Windsor, Ont., that’s examining the death of Delilah Blair, an Indigenous woman …
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