The Kenora Jail
THUNDER BAY — Two of seven inmates involved in the hostage-taking of a correctional officer at the Kenora jail in 2018 each entered guilty pleas to various charges stemming from the 2018 incident this week.
On Wednesday, April 7, Travis Polkinghorne, 30, pleaded guilty to a string of charges arising from an incident that took place more than two years ago at the Kenora Jail where a correctional officer was beaten, dragged and held captive by a prisoner with a shank as other inmates made demands for drugs in exchange for his release.
Polkinghorne pleaded guilty to hostage-taking, two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, disarming a peace officer, possession of a prohibited weapon, and uttering threats to cause death. He was handed a six-year jail sentence.