Institutions in the News

Ontario loses bid to quash $30M segregation ruling; immunity argument rejected

Penetanguishene superjail getting more correctional officers

Jail union president hopeful after province plans to issue request for proposals for new jail by spring

COVID-19 outbreak total jumps to 22 at Penetanguishene superjail

14 inmates at Penetanguishene superjail test positive for COVID

Ontario emptied its jails because of COVID-19. Then came Wave 2

Jail inmates worried about health-care staff shortages

Penetanguishene superjail getting tools to weed out contraband

Fentanyl-detecting scanner being installed at Penetanguishene jail

23 inmates, 12 staff at Thunder Bay District Jail COVID-19 positive on Wednesday

Ontario announces new drug detecting scanners at 10 jails, but critics have questions

Thunder Bay jail union calls for provincial help as COVID-19 case numbers jump

Inmates spark fire at Kenora Jail

Inmate population at Thunder Bay District Jail falls to a more manageable level

Maplehurst’s 130 active COVID cases make it Ontario’s worst jail outbreak of the pandemic

COVID-19 outbreak at Milton jail prompts new admissions to be diverted to other facilities: solicitor general

Maplehurst jail on lockdown with 89 'active' cases of COVID-19

Local correctional officers learn to adapt on the fly

Ontario to strengthen corrections in Kenora, Thunder Bay

'The jail is just a death trap’: Stories of overcrowding, understaffing and violence in Thunder Bay

Police arrest man allegedly using drone to drop contraband at Ontario jail

OPINION: Kenora Jail doomed to repeat history without reform

'It's as bad as everyone says': Former Kenora Jail inmates detail poor conditions

Simcoe News

‘Shut it down now': First Nations leader, MPP alarmed after another death at Thunder Bay jail

Two former Barton jail guards charged with distributing drugs

500 new hires across correctional services 'good news' says Penetanguishene union chief

Simcoe News

Ontario pumping $500M into corrections to hire staff, upgrade facilities

Superjail workers' union hopes new funding means boost in staff

Barrie News

Ontario government to spend $500M on corrections staffing, upgrading facilities

Global News

About 100 inmates to stage hunger strike at Lindsay jail over inhumane conditions

CBC

Inmate at London jail tests positive for COVID-19

CBC

Exclusive: Ontario provides PPE for correctional staff after coronavirus outbreak closes Brampton jail

City News

Two injured, one seriously in District Jail assault

TBNewswatch

Ontario jail guards allowed to wear masks during COVID-19 pandemic after deal reached

Global News

OPSEU 1st Vice-President/Treasurer Eddy Almeida speaks about the outbreak at Ontario Correctional Institute

CP24

Brampton jail shutting down after 60 inmates, 8 staff test positive for COVID-19

Union for correctional officers on protections against COVID-19

CBC Listen

60 inmates, 8 staff test positive for coronavirus at Brampton jail

680 News

Masks and temperature checks now mandatory at Ontario jails for all staff and visitors

CBC News

Coronavirus: Ontario jail guards battle with province over use of protective gear

Marko Mrmak, Corrections Officer and President of OPSEU Local 252

iheart

Ontario jail guards refusing to work without protective gear in COVID-19 crisis

City News

A direct supervision unit inside the Toronto South Detention Centre, seen herOntario jails are not letting guards regularly use COVID-19 protective equipment, unions and inmates warn

TO Star

Concerns Over COVID-19 Positive Monteith Inmate

CTV News

COVID-19 and the Corrections System

TVO

Union says correctional staff at EMDC are concerned over lack of COVID-19 protocols

London Live

London, Ont., jail poorly prepared for potential COVID-19 outbreak: inmate lawyer, employee rep

Global News

Guards refuse to work in Ottawa jail over lack of COVID-19 screening protocols

National Post

Province ends unnecessary inmate transfers

Midland Today

Coronavirus in the prison system: Avoiding a worst-case scenario

Toronto Now

Social distancing difficult to follow at Penetanguishene jail

Simcoe News

Employee at Barton Street Jail has COVID-19

Hamilton Spectator

Inmates no longer appearing in provincial courts amid COVID-19 crisis

TO Sun

Thunder Bay inmates, union leaders question institution’s safety after lack of coronavirus information

Globe and Mail

Toronto inmate tests positive for COVID-19

CTV News

'COMPLETELY LUDICROUS': Court transfers of inmates still going on

TO Sun

UPDATE: Union president wants province to stop inmate transfers, government responds

Midland Today

Barton jail inmate says 'we're just sitting ducks' if COVID-19 starts to spread inside

Spectator

Ontario correctional worker raises concerns about COVID-19 spreading in province’s jails

Global

More screening urged at jails after three workers test positive

TO Sun

North Bay jail guards refuse to transfer inmates

The Nugget

OPSEU calling on province to discuss COVID-19 impact on jails

CTV News

New rules in place for Ontario jail staff after guard reportedly tests positive for COVID-19

CBC

Low-risk prisoners released to reduce COVID-19 toll on Ontario jails

Ottawa Matters

Toronto South Detention Centre guard receiving care in hospital after COVID-19 test, jail on lockdown

Toronto Star

Ontario to release some inmates nearing end of their sentence

Globe and Mail

New rules in place for Ontario jail staff after guard reportedly tests positive for COVID-19

CBC

Toronto jail worker being tested for COVID-19: OPSEU

Toronto Sun

Sudbury inmates not being released early, province says

Sudbury Star

Chatham-area man with COVID-19 worked at Windsor jail

Windsor Star

Three staff refusing to work at Southwest Detention Centre over COVID-19 fears: Ministry of Labour investigating

CTV Windsor

Jail staff in Windsor refuse work over COVID-19 concerns

Windsor Star

Jail Staff Ordered to Work, No “Self-Isolate” Option

TRCC

Suspending prison visits over COVID-19 sparks fears of inmate backlash

CBC

Correctional facilities suspend personal visits to combat COVID-19

Sudbury.com

‘This will spread very fast’: Correctional staff warn they won’t be able to stop COVID-19 if it gets into Ontario jails

Toronto Star

Jails and prisons ban visitors, allow weekend inmates to stay home as coronavirus fears grow

Toronto Star

Significant safety gaps remain at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, inquest hears

London Free Press

Corrections officer gives impassioned testimony at inquest into inmate deaths

CTV News

Out-of-town gangs filling up the Thunder Bay District Jail

TBNewswatch

Kenora jail ‘in crisis’, human rights commissioner

Kenora On-Line

OPSEU-MERC and @OntHumanRights agree: 'inhumane', 'disastrous' Ontario jails need help

CBCListen

Joint #Budget2020 submission (2:17-9:57) made by OPSEU-MERC & @OntHumanRights

CBCListen

Judges are outraged over jail conditions in Ontario. We should all be.

Toronto Star

Chief Commissioner Addresses Jail Needs

Country 105

Human Rights Commission head argues for corrections funding in Thunder Bay

CBC

Ontario Human Rights Commission and OPSEU Corrections MERC calling on province to address "crisis" in correctional institutions

CBCListen

Man threatened to kill Sudbury Jail nurse

Sudbury Star

Fire at District Jail ‘another serious incident’ that keeps happening

TB Newswatch

Emergency crews respond to fire at District Jail

TB Newswatch

Why Toronto South Detention Centre is known as Guantanamo South, a $1-billion Hellhole, and the Plea Factory

Toronto Star

Ministry striving to prevent drugs from entering jail facilities, official says

Windsor Star

5 inmates in Windsor-area jail have overdosed in just 16 days, says union

CBC News

Man charged in death of inmate at Maplehurst Correctional Complex

City News

Lindsay jail union president backs decision to cancel onsite cop program

My Kawartha

Stuffed cells – Are we placing lives at risk?

Media Plex

Powerless guards mired in poor working conditions at Lindsay’s Super Jail

Lindsay Advocate

Phone line offers help to first responders - and others

Sault Star

Is Kenora's jail getting any better?

Kenora On-Line

Overcrowding, lockdowns at Windsor jail are a "crisis,' says criminal lawyer

CBC News

Crowded Windsor jail causing headaches for lawyers, courts, inmates

Windsor Star

Sault ONNPoint - Crisis In Corrections

ONN Point

Jail on lockdown as tensions inside continue to rise

TB News

'No end in sight': overcrowding still a crisis at Thunder Bay jail

CBC News

UPDATE: Victim of aggravated assault at district jail in critical condition

The Standard

Overcrowding at all-time high as 'vicious' incidents becoming norm for District Jail

TB News

Inmate assaulted at Thunder Bay District Jail

TB News

Editorial: Overcrowding source of detention centre problems

The Standard

Ontario Human Right Commission finds Barton jail overcrowded with “extensive” wait times to see doctor

The Spectator

Letter to Solicitor General Jones re: Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre

OHRC

Lighter sentences for Toronto South inmates questioned

Whig-Standard

Jail staff in Fort Frances, Ont., want 'the same tools' as union calls for upgrades to 112-year-old facility

CBC

Man charged with manslaughter in death of inmate

CBC

Province boosts crisis response teams at northern Ontario correctional facilities

CBC

UPDATED: Thunder Bay and Kenora jails to receive additional crisis staff

RCI

Citing ‘unconscionable’ conditions at Toronto South jail, judge imposes 7-year sentence but says man should face no further prison time

Toronto Star

Family of jailhouse murder victim Adam Kargus leads push to start separating violent, non-violent inmates

RCI

Exclusive – Correctional Officer Seriously Injured After Attack At Brookside Youth Centre

Northumberland

Prison guards’ union demands protection from fentanyl

RCI

Sarnia Jail overdoses a symptom of the crisis in corrections: OPSEU

OPSEU

Inmate charged after overdoses at Sarnia jail, opioid exposure concerns grow

CTV News London

Sarnia police investigating jail overdoses

Sarnia Observer

Platoon chief praises response to jail overdoses

Sarnia Observer

Sarnia jail guards sickened by opioids while saving inmates from drug overdoses: Union

London Free Press

Six overdoses being investigated at Sarnia Jail

CTV London

Jail guards sickened by opioids while saving inmates from overdoses: Union

Sarnia Observer

'Pure insanity:' Another inmate at Barton jail taken to hospital after suspected overdose

CBC News

OHRC report calls EMDC 'overcrowded, unsanitary and dangerous'

CTV London

5 female inmates suffer suspected drug overdoses at Barton jail in just 5 days

CBC News

3 female inmates treated for suspected overdoses at Barton jail

CHCH

Ministry responds to recommendations from Barton jail inquest into 8 overdose deaths

CBC News

Suspected drug overdoses at Ontario correctional facility lead to death, hospitalization

Globe and Mail

Ministry probes suspected overdoses at jail after 1 dead, 1 in hospital

CBC News

New jail for Thunder Bay ‘a good small step – but only a start’: OPSEU

OPSEU

Thunder Bay jail, correctional centre to be combined into new 325 bed facility

CBC News

Another tense weekend at EMDC after multiple drug overdoses

CBC News

Penetanguishene jail officers constantly assaulted by inmates, union says

Simcoe.com

Attacks on Niagara prison guards on the rise

St. Catherines Standard

Jails dangerous, neglected - correctional officers

Nugget.ca

OPSEU corrections division slams Ford government on crisis in corrections

YouTube

Pay to fix corrections 'crisis,' union, NDP tell PCs

London Free Press

Crisis at Ontario Jails

CHCH

Jails dangerous

Toronto Sun

Trouble Brewing at the Niagara Detention Centre

iHeart Radio

We need help': Front-line correctional staff say jail conditions at a crisis point Social Sharing

CBC News

Possible overdose kills another inmate at the Barton Street jail

Hamilton Spectator

Transfers starting to alleviate pressure at overcrowded jail

Thunder Bay Newswatch

Criminals Being Released Due To Jail Over Capacity

Thunder Bay & Regional News

Thunder Bay jail overcrowding a 'crisis,' corrections union says

CBC News

Overcrowding at District Jail 'scary' for staff

Thunder Bay Newswatch

Kenora Jail hostage speaks on security reforms

Kenora Online

Court dates for hostage takers

Kenora Online

Making Kenora Jail Safer for Correctional Staff

Ontario Newsroom

8 charged in relation to January Remand Centre riot

Soo Today

OPSEU calls on Ford government to hire more correctional officers to prevent attacks

OPSEU

Union urges changes after jail guards attacked

CBC News

OPSEU President challenges Premier to tour Toronto South Detention Centre

OPSEU

Jails dangerous, neglected, correctional officers say

Toronto Sun

Crisis at Ontario Jails

CHCH

Correctional officer paints a picture of violence in Ontario jails (Go to Segments Tab, March 29, 2019)

CBC Listen

Employees halt work at Toronto South Detention Centre after alleged assault

CBC Listen

Inmates assaults on each other, staff show no signs of declining in Ontario

CBC Listen

Assaults on correctional officers in Canada on the rise

BlueLine

Weekend jail incident ‘a riot,’ Police Chief says

SooToday

Corrections adviser recommends overhaul to address violence in Ontario jails

Global News

Ontario needs better training for guards to quell violence in jails, report says

The Star

Ontario minister looking at ways to deal with 'harmful gaps' in prisons, policing

cbc.ca

Vast majority of staff at Toronto jail afraid to go to work, report says

cbc.ca

Corrections — you can leave the job but it never leaves you

Blue Line

ONTARIO MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS CRISIS IN CORRECTIONS

Ontario PC

U of T's Kelly Hannah-Moffat on corrections reform and her new role as special adviser

U of T

Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre officers refuse to work after key leaves jail

London Free Press

Guards' union says opioid crisis 'magnified' inside Ontario jails

CBC News London

Thomas praises EMDC staff for lifesaving action

OPSEU.org

Once the critics, now Tories in charge of fixing jail system

London Free Press

Four corrections officers hurt in alleged "violent" assault at Lindsay jail

My Kawartha.com

Staff aching after grieving families erected crosses at London's jail

London Free Press

7 inmates at London, Ont. jail overdose within minutes of each other, police say

CBC News London

Limits on use of segregation have made it 'open season' on jail guards, union says

Ottawa Citizen

Correctional officers assaulted by 'problematic inmate' at Penetanguishene jail

Simcoe.com

Hazmat teams respond to 'suspicious substance' at Ottawa jail

Ottawa Citizen

OCDC withholding video of attack on guards, union claims

CBC News

Attacks on jail guards jump amid segregation changes

CBC News

Police charge two inmates following alleged attack on correctional officers at Toronto jail

CBC News

Attacks on corrections officers on the rise at EMDC

CBC News

OPSEU - Invest in corrections

Press Conference

OPSEU looks to budget for corrections fix

OPSEU.org

Union calls for more guards at Ontario prisons amid growing number of assaults

CBC News

Government fails jails, correctional officers say

Toronto Sun

PTSD affects 36 per cent of male prison officers, federal data reveal

Globe and Mail

Assaults by inmates on other inmates and staff on pace in 2017 to set records

Timmins Press

Spitting mad inmate gets additional jail time

Timmins Press

Government ‘out of touch’ on corrections crisis: OPSEU

OPSEU News

Corrections officer spends 24 hours in cold at Maplehurst

InsideHalton.com

OPSEU local shows that 'Corrections Cares'

MyKawartha.com

Corrections workers BBQ raises funds for community

CTV Northern Ontario

Correctional officers step up for the Underground Gym

TB Newswatch

Penetanguishene's Central North Correctional Centre staff voicing safety concerns

Simcoe.com

Five guards injured at Lindsay Superjail

Kawartha 411

Systemic issues overlooked in EMDC report: correctional staff

Newswire.ca

District Jail guards rally over safety concerns

TBN Newswatch

Ontario NDP blasts government over Thunder Bay jail, says facility remains a 'powder keg'

TBN Newswatch

Inmates, staff in Ontario jails still getting hurt with contraband weapons

City News

Correctional service: 16 prison staffers potentially exposed to fentanyl

Global News

Six-hour Ontario maximum security prison riot broken up by intervention team with pepper spray

National Post

Jail riot sparks calls for new facility

Nugget.ca

Thunder Bay Jail staff honoured for actions during riot

Thunder Bay News Watch

3 inmates at Toronto South Detention Centre charged with attempted murder after attack

City News

UPDATE: Murder charge in Toronto South Detention Centre inmate death

GottaRent.com

Jail guards hurt in savage attack

Brantford Expositor

Fights on rise in detention centre

Niagara Falls Review

Two men arraigned in Windsor on first-degree murder charges, third suspect still at large

Windsor Star

Wynne government must stop denying the crisis in corrections: NDP

Ontario Parliament

Brantford jail's end nears

Brantford Expositor

Ontario's 'social justice' premier?

Toronto Sun

A false misunderstanding of segregation

Blueline

Ban ‘dungeon’ for Ontario inmates...

Globe and Mail

Ontario's jail reform is even bigger now...

Toronto Sun

Penetanguishene correctional centre to be impacted by report

Simcoe.com

'If we’re silent, nothing changes,' Barrie town hall hears

OPSEU

WE OWN IT - Panel Discussion

CTV Barrie

Province spending millions for jail guards to stay home

City News

Ontario’s correctional system needs overhaul, report says

Toronto Star

Drug 'saturated' mail among elaborate ways inmates sneak drugs

Windsor Star

Province spending millions for jail guards to stay home

City News

Correctional officers speak out about PTSD in new documentary

CBC

Thunder Bay Jail staff honoured for actions during riot

Thunder Bay NewsWatch

Exposure to Unknown Substance at the HW Detention Centre

Hamilton Police

Ministry investigating after guard at Barton jail falls ill on shift

CBC Hamilton

Ottawa jail catches drug-smuggler...

Ottawa Citizen

Correctional Services Memorial

Chris Jackel

Sudbury inmates set most fires in province

CBC Sudbury

Fentanyl overdoses in jail endanger corrections staff

Global News

Ten inmates have died since 2009 at London's troubled provincial jail

London Free Press

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Employees Union

100 Lesmill Rd.
Toronto, ON M3B 3P8

 

Monday to Friday
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
416-443-8888
1-800-268-7376
correctionsdivision@opseu.org

 

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