A new report released by the office of Ontario's Chief Coroner suggests deaths among incarcerated populations have “risen dramatically” in recent years, painting a picture of a criminal justice system that is struggling to deliver on basic human rights.
The report, authored by the Ontario Chief Coroner’s expert panel on deaths in custody, examines non-homicide deaths of inmates from 2014 to 2021.
“With very rare exception, almost every life lost in our sample could be deemed a preventable death,” it reads. Dr. Jerry Flores, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Toronto who has studied incarcerated populations for more than a decade, told CTV News Toronto Tuesday that while the numbers may not appear large at first, the increasing trend is reason for alarm.
The panel’s recommendations stretch further than improving correctional health-care services – they also include, but are not limited to, moving away from maximum-security facilities when unnecessary, reducing the number of individuals in custody in pre-trial stages, and improving record keeping and public transparency.
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