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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 12, 2023 6:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Jurors are expected to deliver a verdict today in the coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail. The jury examining the circumstances …
Read More »Coroner’s inquest continues for mentally ill man who died in Ontario jail
TORONTO — In the 11 days before Soleiman Faqiri’s death, family members tried to visit him four times, making the hour-long drive to the Ontario jail where he was being held, his brother said. Yusuf Faqiri said he and another brother drove to the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, …
Read More »Coroner’s inquest set to begin in case of mentally ill man who died in Ontario jail
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 20, 2023 6:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest examining the death of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 is set to begin today. The inquest into the …
Read More »Date set for inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. jail
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A coroner’s inquest has been scheduled during November 2023 for the death of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in December 2016. On Wednesday, Dr. Paul Dungey, regional supervising coroner for East Region, announced the date for …
Read More »Inmates say dangerous conditions inside understaffed Nova Scotia jail violate rights
Inmates at a Halifax-area jail say their rights have been violated by months-long rolling lockdowns, as correctional officers refuse work because of dangerous conditions in the provincial detention centre. A series of complaints recently brought before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court tell a similar story: inmates locked in their cells …
Read More »Man accused in 3 Sudbury homicides escapes from local jail: police
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 19, 2023 7:23 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in northeastern Ontario say a man accused in three Sudbury-area homicides in the past few months has escaped from the local jail. The Greater Sudbury Police Service shared little information …
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 »Richmond Hill man sentenced to more than 9 years in jail for killing pregnant wife
Ahmad Abbas Rahman sat handcuffed in the prisoner’s box of a Newmarket, Ont., courtroom Wednesday afternoon with his head dropped low, a medical mask covering his face, listening to an Arabic interpreter as a judge sentenced him to nine years plus two and a half months in prison. Last month, …
Read More »B.C. announces new addiction and mental health supports for people leaving jail
The British Columbia government has announced inmates struggling with mental health and substance use will be supported after they leave jail by transition teams connected to all 10 of the province’s correctional centres. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson said Monday that’s an increase from inmates at five facilities …
Read More »Informant was branded a ‘rat’ and attacked in jail after outing by Peel police, lawsuit claims
A confidential informant injured in a jailhouse attack by inmates after his identity was revealed by police has launched a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against Peel Regional Police. The lawsuit was filed after a criminal court judge determined that the informant’s Charter rights had been breached and charges against the informant …
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