Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre

Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Location London, Ontario, Canada
Status Operational
Security class Maximum
Capacity 450
Opened 1977
Managed by Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

The Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre is a 450-bed maximum security jail located in London, Ontario.[1] [2]Concerns have recently been raised about the security of the staff and visitors at the prison[3] as well as prison overcrowding.[4][5][6]

There have been ten[7] suspicious deaths since 2009, Adam Kargus (Oct. 31, 2013) Floyd Deleary (Aug. 23, 2015), and Justin Thompson (Oct. 31, 2016).[8][9] There is a class action lawsuit filled on behalf of 10,000 inmates for over 300 million in damages against the Government of Ontario. [10]

See also.

References

  1. ↑ Adult Facilities - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
  2. ↑ "Information London".
  3. ↑ EMDC one of the Most Dangerous facilities for staff
  4. ↑ Overcrowding causing problems at EMDC
  5. ↑ Nearly half of Ontario's jails are overcrowded
  6. ↑ Judge reduces sentences because Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre overcrowded
  7. ↑ "Man, 29, found dead at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre".
  8. ↑ "CBC News".
  9. ↑ "CBC News".
  10. ↑ "CBC news".

Coordinates: 42°55′15″N 81°13′27″W / 42.9208°N 81.2241°W / 42.9208; -81.2241

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