Corrections adviser recommends overhaul to address violence in Ontario jails
(WorldNews Canada)

TORONTO — A report from Ontario’s independent corrections adviser has made a number of recommendations aimed at making jails safer, in response to an increase in reported inmate-on-staff violence at the province’s correctional institutions. In a report released Thursday, Howard Sapers makes 42 recommendations to the province’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, including overhauling data management, improving workplace culture and enhancing training for correctional employees. Sapers and his team said such reforms could significantly improve the...