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An inmate has died while in custody at the Regional Treatment Centre at Millhaven Institution, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). “On Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2019, Robert Simpson, an inmate from the Regional Treatment Centre at Millhaven Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes,” CSC wrote
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An inmate at Millhaven Institution, Regional Treatment Centre has died of apparent natural causes, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). Laurier Deguire, 88, died on Sunday, Mar. 24, 2019 while in the custody of CSC. At the time of his death, Deguire had been serving an eight-year sentence for
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Two staff members in the medium security unit at Collins Bay Institution were assaulted at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Both staff members were injured, and they were evaluated and treated at an outside hospital. The assailants have been identified and the appropriate actions will be taken,
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Several packages containing contraband and unauthorized items have been seized at the medium security unit at Collins Bay Institution, and the Institution’s maximum security unit has been placed on lockdown, according to press releases from Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The seized packages were discovered “as the result of the vigilance
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At approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, a staff member at Millhaven Institution was assaulted, according to a press release from Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The staff member was injured and was evaluated and treated at an outside hospital. The assailant has been identified and the appropriate actions have
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The precautionary measures put in place at the Ontario Regional Treatment Centre at Millhaven Institution have been lifted, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). Visits were suspended to the Regional Treatment Centre on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 due to a number of inmates showing symptoms associated with viral gastroenteritis. On
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Contraband and unauthorized items with a combined estimated $115,000 institutional value have been seized from the medium security yard at Collins Bay Institution. According to a press release from Correctional Service Canada (CSC), “several packages” containing the contraband and unauthorized items were seized at approximately 9: 30 p.m. on Sunday,
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The lockdown at the medium-security unit of Collins Bay Institution has now ended following the completion of an exceptional search, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The penitentiary had been placed on lockdown on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, following the seizure of a package containing contraband and unauthorized items. Additionally,
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The medium-security unit at Collins Bay Institution is currently on lockdown after a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized. The seizure took place at approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, and was the “result of the vigilance of staff members,” according to a press release from
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Numerous unauthorized items were found as a result of the lockdown and exceptional search at Millhaven Institution, which has now ended, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The lockdown was put in place on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 in order to carry out the exceptional search. The search was ordered
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At about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, a lockdown was put in place at Millhaven Institution, located just outside of Kingston in Bath, Ont. The maximum-security federal institution has been placed on lockdown to conduct an “exceptional search,” according to a press release from Correctional Service Canada (CSC).
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By Bill Gowsell Very rarely will people pay money to go to prison, but that’s what my Dad and I did recently at Kingston Penitentiary. Well, my stepmother paid for us to go as a birthday present for my father. I got a free ride to the slammer. We chose
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