TORONTO - A correctional officer who was called in to help restrain a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail told a coroner s inquest Monday he didn t know anything about
A jail guard directly involved in restraining Soleiman Faqiri on the day of his death says an internal investigation found guards carried out 60 breaches of policy that day, adding policies were often followed only when "convenient."
CBC News has confirmed the Ontario Provincial Police have again opted not to lay a single charge in Faqiri's case, closing the door to criminal accountability after a years-long fight by the family for someone to be held responsible for his death.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
A label on the packaging of the particular spit hood used on Soleiman Faqiri before his death says, Warning: Improper use of TranZport Hood can cause injury or death. Improper use may cause asphyxiation, suffocation or drowning in one s own fluids. (Court documents)
Shackled, pepper-sprayed, face down wearing a spit hood. Nearly four years to the day that Soleiman Faqiri died on the floor of a jail cell, newly filed court documents suggest the guards who restrained him in the final moments of his life violated the use-of-force rules set out in their training.