ADVOCATING FOR CORRECTION IN CORRECTIONS

Our group was formed by bereaved families whose loved ones died of unnatural causes at Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre. Together we seek changes in Ontario's Correction system so others do not suffer in the same way.

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THE ISSUES

OVERCROWDING

Ontario falls far short of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Facilities built i many decades ago for much smaller inmate populations now routinely house three times their original designed capacity. The less powerful inmates must sleep on the floor. The noise, the filth, the plumbing and ventilation issues are exacerbated by anxious inmates forced to live virtually on top of one another.

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LETTER TO SOLICITOR GENERAL JONES - ELGIN MIDDLESEX DETENTION CENTRE

May 17, 2019

"The conditions at EMDC are amongst the worst I have seen in Ontario. Fourteen prisoners have died at EMDC in the past decade. The institution is overcrowded, unsanitary and dangerous. Prisoners’ mental health, addictions and creed-related needs are not being adequately accommodated."

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KIN OF DEAD EMDC INMATES RALLY GRIEVED FAMILIES IN OTHER CENTRES

April 29, 2019

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THIS WOMAN IS WALKING TO QUEEN'S PARK TO TRY TO STOP MORE ONTARIO INMATES FROM DYING

March 5, 2019

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JAIL DEATHS: CAPTURED ON CAMERA

December 1, 2017

In this episode of The Fifth Estate, CBC's Habiba Nosheen investigates why inmates keep dying inside the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre and why more isn't being done to keep staff and inmates safe.

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