‘Punched, kicked, bitten, stabbed’: Assaults in northern Ontario jails hard to handle due to overcrowding

‘Punched, kicked, bitten, stabbed’: Assaults in northern Ontario jails hard to handle due to overcrowding

Correctional workers in northern Ontario say rising violence inside jails is being driven by overcrowding, leaving little space to separate inmates after an assault.In some cases, the lack of space means the person who was attacked is moved and the

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