<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:57:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/inmate-death/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[He died after guards beat and pepper-sprayed him, according to video.  The province refuses to release the footage, citing labour relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is keeping secret the video detailing the last moments of a man who died in solitary confinement at a Lindsay jail after a three-hour]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/he-died-after-guards-beat-and-pepper-sprayed-him-according-to-video-the-province-refuses-to-release-the-footage-citing-labour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/he-died-after-guards-beat-and-pepper-sprayed-him-according-to-video-the-province-refuses-to-release-the-footage-citing-labour</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 05:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89uWPaeePDojtsZ3v1SUSSHBptUbZmw88RYR4hcbKsX1LMJ773N8KVisbu6pShtRTRUKiZCFszm8S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['A human rights issue': Lack of treatment for drug users means deaths behind bars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michelle McPherson's son Curtis McGowan was rushed to the Guelph, Ont., hospital by paramedics after overdosing, where he was revived with the opioid-reversal drug naloxone. "The police were there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/a-human-rights-issue-lack-of-treatment-for-drug-users-means-deaths-behind-bars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/a-human-rights-issue-lack-of-treatment-for-drug-users-means-deaths-behind-bars</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:55:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChSrc6g4rca71MAAJjBBHTpUbQVDfraEZtkv99JSio3ktjF9RRdGy3UfGzhd7e9BgB5fRPYzYAA9rJAMc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamilton's inmates keep dying — and more could be done to save them, study says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since 2012, at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, a steady stream of body bags have been carried out the door. Eight men died of drug overdose inside the jail in a six-year period, and now, a new]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/hamilton-s-inmates-keep-dying-and-more-could-be-done-to-save-them-study-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/hamilton-s-inmates-keep-dying-and-more-could-be-done-to-save-them-study-says</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:03:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfBACHsXMe8SeF3xksVnqnZcrw1YHpFcbRsKXzAExfk2C3GpsgXgyLRTnxjRQvfLFhM7wSc6D5MkkVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prison reform gone wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is getting to be a real crime. All is not well in Canada’s prison system and Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale, charged with making it better, is working against the clock. In fact, a fuse is hissing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/prison-reform-gone-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/prison-reform-gone-wrong</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89om6PFmD9T4DxnuJWBF9nrS3XXCrDvEYFfgodjmuTcSuMrqYU1aUMQ24a4UMsdV1Avy2ycxh9nvr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family of immigration detainee who died in jail still waiting for answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five months after receiving a curt phone call from a Milton jail telling him his wife was dead, Herb Gratton still doesn’t know what actually happened to her. None of the authorities involved — not the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/family-of-immigration-detainee-who-died-in-jail-still-waiting-for-answers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/family-of-immigration-detainee-who-died-in-jail-still-waiting-for-answers</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2KDZp1gWduhNTcNUY7W6wSNDdYYU4Sfq6sjZf2GmyUeUoEbrsBfobwrX2mkYhvTh16XxVHwU6Q8xvJoVr6TtX22i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watchdog calls for 'compassionate' parole as prison system adopts new assisted death policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report shows many requests from terminally ill inmates for special parole are rejected The federal prison watchdog is urging more "compassionate" parole options and a ban on medically assisted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/watchdog-calls-for-compassionate-parole-as-prison-system-adopts-new-assisted-death-policy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/watchdog-calls-for-compassionate-parole-as-prison-system-adopts-new-assisted-death-policy</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAf6qjeBADCCFfjwMJF6SMFeQs2MoFVYxmhi5qgXWR4NvQSbhXSA7AUFMWAaDdcg4aL9oUnLEAkoxcrdUbjodp4wU4s4nHcB8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Should You Care About Those Behind Prison Walls]]></title><description><![CDATA[On January 27, last, 22-year-old Jalani Hibbert was charged with one count of second-degree murder after the death of 41 year old Victor Ogundipe inside Toronto South Detention Centre. The weakening and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/why-should-you-care-about-those-behind-prison-walls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/why-should-you-care-about-those-behind-prison-walls</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 02:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNxHbb7UgWSuNo57h3yUAxoXDCjAEVsnyvg2N51reEYnp1235Ezm2mKqKUjKiScmCuRxfUzgfx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['Inmates are dying left, right, and centre']]></title><description><![CDATA["Another day in paradise." That's how James Pigeau described his life in an infamous Ontario jail - the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC), in London, Ont. - during a phone call to CBC The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/inmates-are-dying-left-right-and-centre</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/inmates-are-dying-left-right-and-centre</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:34:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpyqs2Z99g9Ye7SCs25mnggYfx9UCz5PR2AqQfutQwDvrJtJkSxqUyfV64kDMzvpECc6Rf4c7hWmcvPc7aUUN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Legally Innocent Prisoners Are Dying In Jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 270 people have died in Canadian provincial jails over the past five years. 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