Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui

Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui
Lawyers plan to take complaints to court
Mary Frances Hill, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
Published: Saturday, June 06, 2009
Corrections Canada called off severe restrictions on prisoners in Matsqui Institution on Friday after lawyers for the prisoners went public with complaints about deteriorating conditions.
Prisoners had been locked in their cells for 23 hours a [...]

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Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court

Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
June 4, 2009
Fourteen Matsqui prisoners — including two who filed a petition against the prison over inhuman living conditions — have been transferred to other institutions, just days before they were to get their day in court.
Prison rights [...]

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Guards flee Nova Scotia prison after bomb threat

Springhill prison on lockdown
Guards leave building after bomb threat, return after deadline
Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2009
CBC News [Nova Scotia]
Guards at a locked down federal prison in Springhill, N.S., are back on the job following a bomb scare.
Earlier this week, Correctional Service Canada was warned there could be an unauthorized device in the building. The [...]

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Prisoner rebellion and strike in Ontario

Prison uprising halted
Posted By ROB TRIPP, SUN MEDIA
Peterborough Examiner [Ontario] ‎
May 22, 2009‎
Prison guards used gas and shotguns to contain an uprising at maximumsecurity Millhaven penitentiary.
The incident began Wednesday night and lasted roughly 16 1/2 hours, until noon yesterday, when the convicts agreed to return to their cells.
Corrections Canada says 48 prisoners remained in an [...]

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Prisoners strike at Matsqui, guards respond with lockdown

Work refusal leads to Matsqui lockdown
Christina Toth, The Abbotsford Times [British Columbia]
Published: Friday, May 22, 2009
Matsqui Institution inmates have been confined to their living units since May 19, in an effort by prison officials to douse potential unrest over new structured work schedules, and in response to threats of assault against some inmates.
Since March 30, [...]

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Nova Scotia prison extensively damaged in riot

N.S. jail riot began during search for missing keys: justice minister
The Canadian Press
April 9, 2009
HALIFAX, N.S. — Nova Scotia’s justice minister says a riot at the province’s largest jail occurred during a search for a set of missing keys.
Cecil Clarke said Thursday the search began on Tuesday during a lockdown and continued Wednesday when the [...]

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Police confirm end of Niagara Detention Centre riot

Police confirm end of Niagara Detention Centre riot
Sat Mar. 28 2009
ctvtoronto.ca [Ontario]
A riot involving 17 inmates has ended at Niagara Detention Centre late Saturday afternoon.
Police offered few details on the riot, but they did confirm that the inmates were wearing masks and did have control of a portion of the facility.
There is no word on [...]

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Atlantic prisoners refuse to go back to cells

Prison unit in lockdown
Published Saturday February 7th, 2009
By Yvon Gauvin
Moncton Times & Transcript staff [New Brunswick]
RENOUS – Unit 1 at the Atlantic Institution was in lockdown mode yesterday after a group of inmates refused to return to their cells Thursday night, forcing prison officials to call out its emergency response team to quell the disturbance.
No [...]

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Prisoners trash cells in Regina

Incident at Regina jail results in lockdown
Monday, February 2, 2009
CBC News [Saskatchewan]
Some inmates at the Regina Correctional Centre received cuts and bruises on the weekend when a vandalism incident sparked more problems.
It started Saturday night when an inmate ripped a sprinkler head off the ceiling of his cell. That led to more rowdy behaviour from [...]

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Manitoba prison trashed in riot

Gangs clash in Manitoba prison riot
Jan 12, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINNIPEG – Long-simmering tensions between two criminal gangs were behind a riot at a federal medium-security prison in Manitoba, says the Winnipeg Free Press.
The melee Saturday night seriously injured four inmates and damaged a living unit that houses 100 prisoners at Stony Mountain Institute.
The Free Press [...]

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