Ontario jails overcrowded
Posted Jul 29, 2013 08:27:04 AM.
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TORONTO – New statistics show that nearly half of Ontario’s jails are overcrowded.
Cells meant for two people at times hold three or more as a rising tide of inmates await their day in court.
Lawyer Kevin Egan represents more than 100 current and former London jail inmates in lawsuits over the city’s over-capacity jail.
He says the public should be shocked by overcrowding and other conditions inmates are facing.
Statistics provided to The Canadian Press by the Ministry of Community Safety and Corrections show that on an average day last year 14 of Ontario’s 30 jails held more prisoners than they were designed for.
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