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Stony Mountain Institution is not only Canada s oldest penitentiary, it s also the country s deadliest.
Stony Mountain Institution is not only Canada s oldest penitentiary, it s also the country s deadliest.
The 143-year-old prison has been dubbed Murder Mountain due to the high rate of suicides, homicides and unrelenting violence behind its crumbling walls.
Life and Death Behind Bars is an ongoing series by reporter Ryan Thorpe that examines the deeply dysfunctional conditions that pervade Manitoba s lone federal prison.
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Stony Mountain Penitentiary photographed Monday, April 19, 2021. The federal jail in rural Manitoba is rated as one of the most dangerous in the country.
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Crime and colonial punishment
Ottawa acknowledges the shocking number of Indigenous inmates in prison is a problem but has no plan to fix it; the crisis, particularly on the Prairies, is only getting worse By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021
Last Modified: 9:21 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021 | Updates Save to Read Later
The number of Indigenous people being locked up in federal prisons is spiking despite overall declines in both incarceration and crime rates across the country.
The number of Indigenous people being locked up in federal prisons is spiking despite overall declines in both incarceration and crime rates across the country.
Isolation practices in Canadian prisons regularly exceed limits set in international law winnipegfreepress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from winnipegfreepress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.