Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Location | London, Ontario, Canada |
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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
- ↑ Adult Facilities - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- ↑ "Information London".
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Man, 29, found dead at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre".
- ↑ "CBC News".
- ↑ "CBC News".
- ↑ "CBC news".
External links
- Information and visiting hours – Ontario Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services
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