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Three annual reports into suicides and homicides behind bars collected dust on the justice minister s desk, leaving Manitobans in the dark to the extent of deaths occurring in the province s correctional facilities.
Three annual reports into suicides and homicides behind bars collected dust on the justice minister s desk, leaving Manitobans in the dark to the extent of deaths occurring in the province s correctional facilities.
Each year, the chief medical examiner compiles a report on in-custody deaths for the minister by March 31. Within 15 days of receiving it or within 15 days of the start of the next legislative session the justice minister currently Progressive Conservative Cameron Friesen must table it.
Former District 25 school board member remembered for passion for learning Susan Preissing, who served 12 years on the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 Board of Education, died Friday after an eight-week fight with COVID-19. She was 56. Courtesy of Joseph Preissing Susan Preissing, who served 12 years on the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 Board of Education, died Friday after an eight-week fight with COVID-19. She was 56. Courtesy of Joseph Preissing
Updated 5/19/2021 10:45 AM
Susan Preissing, who merged her passions for reading and service with a 12-year tenure on the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 Board of Education, died Friday, after an eight-week battle with COVID-19.
The Arlington Heights resident was 56.
Winnipeg Free Press
Hard time in hell
Gangs are in control, inmates are armed and the threat of violence is omnipresent at Stony Mountain Institution By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, May. 14, 2021
They call it Murder Mountain.
Every unit of the prison is infested with gangs. Drugs are potent and easy to score. Inmates walk around armed with hidden shanks. Beatings and stabbings are a common occurrence. Homicides follow hangings, and hangings follow homicides.
Dead bodies pile up with disturbing regularity.
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CSC works with an increasingly diverse and complex offender population, including Security Treat Groups (STG), and has a number of strategies in place to manage and reduce violent incidents in our institutions. We do not tolerate violence of any form and incidences of violence can lead to disciplinary action or