The Maplehurst Correctional Complex is known as Ontario’s deadliest and most overcrowded jail. In recent weeks, it’s come under increased scrutiny after video footage from 2023 was released showing inmates facing collective punishment from guards in an incident one judge called a “gross display of power.” Is Maplehurst an aberration or a sign of system-wide challenges? What kind of action could and should the province take?
Guests:
Demar Kemar Hewitt, Executive director and general counsel at the Black Legal Action Centre
Lee Chapelle, Former inmate and president of Canadian Prison Consulting
Brendan Kennedy, Reporter on the Toronto Star’s investigative team
and
Andrea Monteiro, Founder of Ethical Correctional Consulting Inc., former director of corrections in the Yukon, and former manager of the Independent Review of Ontario Corrections
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