Английская Википедия:Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
The Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre also known as EMDC, is a 450-bed maximum security jail located in London, Ontario.[1][2] Concerns have recently been raised about the security of the inmates at the prison[3] as well as prison overcrowding.[4][5][6]
There have been twenty-one [7] deaths since 2009:
- Randy Drysdale (April 2009)[8]
- Laura Straughan (November 13, 2009)[9]
- Adam Kargus (October 31, 2013)[10]
- Keith Patterson (September 29, 2014)[11]
- Jamie High (December 23, 2014)[12]
- Floyd Deleary (August 23, 2015)[13]
- Justin Thompson (October 31, 2016)[14]
- Raymond George Major (June 6, 2017)[15]
- Michael Fall (July 30, 2017)[16]
- Murray Davis (August 17, 2017)[17]
- Ronald Jenkins (December 9, 2017)[18]
- Justin Struthers (December 26, 2017)[19]
- James Pigeau (January 7, 2018)[20]
- Sean William Tourand-Brightman (March 31, 2019)[21]
- Chase Blanchard (June 22, 2019)[22]
- Malcolm Ripley (November 25, 2020)[23]
- Tyler Lancha (March 21, 2021)[24][25]
- Clayton (Danny) Bissonnette 61-year-old man (March 24, 2021)[26]
- Brandon Marchant (July 6, 2021)[27] </ref>
- Ronald Jack, 59, (Sept. 13, 2022)[28]
- Jamie Briggs (November 16, 2022)[29]
Inmates' deaths ranged from natural causes (pneumonia) to suicide/homicide and drug overdose. Most of the deaths are handled by Kevin Egan, a lawyer and advocate for inmates at EMDC. Egan is also a part of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 10,000 inmates for CAD$325 million in damages against the Government of Ontario.[30]
See also
References
External links
- Information and visiting hours – Ontario Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services
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- ↑ Adult Facilities Шаблон:Webarchive - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
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- ↑ EMDC one of the Most Dangerous facilities for staff
- ↑ Overcrowding causing problems at EMDC
- ↑ Nearly half of Ontario's jails are overcrowded
- ↑ Judge reduces sentences because Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre overcrowded
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