A severe crowding nightmare has returned to Ottawa’s jail. Just five years ago, in April 2016, Ontario’s then-minister responsible for imprisonment, Yasir Naqvi, appointed a 13-person task force to address longstanding abhorrent conditions of confinement at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC), following reports of triple-bunking and imprisoned people sleeping in shower areas. Five years later, people confined at OCDC are again reporting triple-bunking and deteriorating conditions to our
Jail Accountability & Information Line (JAIL).
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