Ontario Deaths in Custody on the Rise - 2022

To be defined as a death in custody, both of these criteria would have to have been met: The event leading to the death occurred within an provincial jail or prison; While the actual death might have not occurred within the institution the person was still legally in SOLGEN custody at the time of the event. [...] Following a death in federal custody, CSC is required to contact a Coroner and the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI), and to conduct an internal review of the death. [...] People in the custody of CSC are required to provide a designated contact in the event of an emergency. [...] All deaths in federal custody that occur within the province of Ontario are subject to inquests held by the OCC in cases where the death is determined to have occurred unnaturally. [...] What is an inquest? The purpose of an inquest is to determine the circumstances of a death [14] and produce recommendations to prevent similar deaths in the future.