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 what sparked the riot, nor if any injuries occurred.
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Inmates face off against jail guards
Posted By DON FRASER , ST. CATHARINES STANDARD
Monday, March 30, 2009
A standoff between guards and 17 inmates at the Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold lasted almost five hours Saturday.
Niagara Regional Police say the situation started at 11:20 a. m. in the ground-floor day room range area.
Corrections staff kept the disturbance confined to the area.
The NRP responded as a precautionary measure and acted as support outside the facility. Ontario Provincial Police were also present.
A corrections negotiator was brought in to deal with the situation. The inmates demanded some concessions during negotiations, but police did not reveal any details.
Some inmates also began to make weapons from items available in the area. At 4:10 p. m., corrections staff entered the area and secured the inmates involved without incident.
Police say no corrections staff or inmates were injured during this disturbance. About $2,000 in damages was caused to the facility by inmates.
Police and the detention centre say the public was never at risk. No one from the Niagara Detention Centre was available for comment late Sunday.
According to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services website, the facility has a capacity of 260 inmates.
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