Ugly conspiracies to cover up violence by guards

Inmate allegedly assaulted by guard at Ottawa jail files $1.45M lawsuit - A brain-damaged inmate whose alleged assault at the hands of a guard was a key part of a scathing report by the Ontario ombudsman into the use of excessive force a... access page ...

Ugly conspiracies to cover up violence by guards

Inmate allegedly assaulted by guard at Ottawa jail files $1.45M lawsuit - A brain-damaged inmate whose alleged assault at the hands of a guard was a key part of a scathing report by the Ontario ombudsman into the use of excessive force and coverups in the province’s jails has filed a nearly $1.5-million lawsuit, reports Ottawa Citizen. Read more: http://bit.ly/19lTnuN and Ontario Ombudsman's report, The Code is here:http://bit.ly/11BOIjT

This report is not pretty. It reveals some shocking stories, not just of violence inside the province’s correctional institutions, but of ugly conspiracies to cover up that violence. It exposes
a malignancy within the correctional system that has long been lamented but never eradicated:

My Office receives thousands of complaints from inmates every year. In fact, when I was appointed in 2005, I was concerned about the sheer volume of complaints from correctional institutions. We addressed this by triaging complaints and referring the more mundane issues like gripes about the food or missing property back to the institutions, allowing us to prioritize cases involving serious matters of health and safety.

Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Date: 06/11/2013
Investigation into the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services’ response to allegations of excessive use of force against inmates

Source:
http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Investigations/SORT-Investigations/Completed/The-Code.aspx