The Maplehurst Correctional Complex, in Milton, Ont., is pictured on Jan. 21, 2021.
Ontario correctional officials are investigating a reported assault by officers in riot gear on dozens of inmates at a provincial jail last year, the ministry of the solicitor general confirmed to CBC News. A lawyer for one of the inmates is seeking to have video of the incident shown in court.The Maplehurst Correctional Complex, in Milton, Ont., is pictured in January 2021.
On Dec. 22, officers "busted in the door of my cell with a loud bang," the inmate, Jason Mercuri, said in a sworn affidavit reviewed by CBC. "I had no idea what was happening and hit the ground fearing for my life."A spokesperson for Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner said the ministry's Correctional Services Oversight and Investigations Branch is carrying out a "comprehensive internal investigation.
In Hamilton, Ont., Justice Anthony F. Leitch said at a June sentencing hearing he had reviewed affidavits "from those … at Maplehurst which suggested that this was a step taken to protect order in the institution and it was a necessary step in all the circumstances."The incident is alleged to have been carried out by officers with the Institutional Crisis Intervention Team wearing riot gear and carrying shields.
Criminal defence lawyer Alison Craig says she has at least three clients who were caught up in the alleged December 2023 assault. Howard Sapers, who served as the federal correctional investigator from 2004 to 2016, pointed out that Maplehurst has been criticized in the past for
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