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| Inmate killed in private Canadian prison |
| By Toronto Star |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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An inmate has been stabbed to death at Ontario's only privately run provincial prison, officials confirmed last Thursday. "There was a stabbing, the inmate was taken to hospital and he died and there is currently an investigation into the incident," said Adrian Dafoe, a spokesperson for Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter. Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene has been dogged by controversy, including health and safety issues, since the maximum-security jail opened in November, 2001. It is the first murder at the jail. In addition to the police investigation, Dafoe said the ministry will conduct its own probe and inquest. Peter Mount, communication director for the facility, which is run by a U.S.-based private corrections company, said an inmate was transferred to Huronia District Hospital after staff responded to a medical situation in one of the units around 9:30 a.m. The inmate was treated but died about two hours later. His identity was being withheld until his family is notified. Mount said the Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment was contacted immediately, "as we would do with any activity, major or not, and they are conducting a complete investigation." There are about 1,100 inmates at the facility, all serving sentences of two years less a day or on remand awaiting trial. |
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