Author of the article: Dale Carruthers
Publishing date: Jul 23, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read • A convoy of motorcycles leaves Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, where nearly 1,000 people gathered to protest the death of inmates Saturday, July 17, after the funeral of Brandon Marchant, the latest inmate to die at the London jail. (Dale Carruthers/The London Free Press)
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Amid rising tensions at London’s provincial jail, Ontario’s solicitor general pledged to support and meet with staff, but she stopped short of condemning alleged intimidation and harassment of corrections officers by outlaw motorcycle groups.
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The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents around 375 workers at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC), had called on Solicitor General Sylvia Jones to protect jail staff from outlaw motorcycle gangs and denounce their alleged actions.
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“And that there will be consequences,” the Sarnia judge said Friday.
The court heard two guards tried moving Walker to an isolated area of the Christina Street North jail around 11 a.m. on Christmas Eve after he started causing a scene in his cell. During the move Walker threatened to “knock out” one of the guards. He also initially flouted COVID-19 protocols by refusing to wear a mask.
The staff eventually brought him to a private room, but another inmate was there so a guard placed her arm against Walker’s back to keep him from “engaging” with the other person. Walker used vulgar language while telling the guard to not touch him.