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3 Jul 2024

Ontario jail lockdowns slammed by experts as part of class-action lawsuits seeking $1.5B

Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ Money
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Hundreds of pages of documents written by experts for two class-action lawsuits paint a picture of Ontario’s corrections system as inhumane and poorly managed. The two lawsuits against the province take aim at the use of lockdowns in correctional facilities as a way to deal with staffing shortages from 2009 to 2017.