Ontario Jail

• Faqiri inquest recommends corrections ‘inspectorate,’ rules death a homicide

  Jurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail have recommended the province create a designated "inspectorate" for corrections.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
  
• Coroner’s counsel asks jurors to find Soleiman Faqiri died as a result of homicide

  Jurors examining the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail are being asked to find he died as a result of a homicide.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2023
  
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• Coroner’s inquest hears from correctional officer who had Soleiman Faqiri filmed

  A coroner's inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail is hearing from a correctional officer who had the man recorded on video.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2023
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• Coroner’s inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri hears from correctional officer

  David Surowiec says he and several other staff members were put on administrative suspension after Soleiman Faqiri's death on Dec. 15, 2016.

  Crime

  Dec 4, 2023
• Going to jail can disrupt health care for people with mental illness, inquest hears

  People with mental illness can experience significant disruptions to their health care when they are taken into custody, coroner's inquest for Soleiman Faqiri reveals.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
• Soleiman Faqiri’s family hopes November inquest into his death will offer answers

  Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15, 2016, after being beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained face-down in a segregation cell at the Central East Correctional Facility in Lindsay, Ont.

  Canada

  May 19, 2023
• Inquest hears drugs smuggled into Lindsay, Ont. superjail inside inmates’ bodies, mail

  Dan Tremblay testified at an inquest that is examining the circumstances of five drug-related deaths at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont.

  Crime

  Nov 15, 2022
• Delayed inquest into 2017 death of EMDC inmate to go forward in November

  The province says a five-day inquest into the death of Murray James Davis at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre will move forward on Nov. 21.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2022
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• Lawyer, loved ones frustrated by decision to remove memorial crosses outside of EMDC

  A grievance was filed alleging that the memorial crosses were exacerbating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among some jail employees.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2021
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• Black Ontario correctional officer speaks out against white coworkers who allegedly ‘attacked’ him

  Now, Stephen Smith is "seeking some vindication, some acknowledgment that he was not at fault, that this should have not happened in the first place, nor will it happen again."

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2021