Location | London, Ontario, Canada |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 450 |
Opened | 1977 |
Managed by | Ministry of the Solicitor General |
The Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre also known as EMDC, is a 450-bed maximum security jail located in London, Ontario. [1] [2] Concerns have recently been raised about the security of the inmates at the prison [3] as well as prison overcrowding. [4] [5] [6]
There have been twenty-one [7] deaths since 2009:
Inmates' deaths ranged from natural causes (pneumonia) to suicide/homicide and drug overdose. Most of the deaths are handled by Kevin Egan, a lawyer and advocate for inmates at EMDC. Egan is also a part of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 10,000 inmates for CAD$325 million in damages against the Government of Ontario. [30]
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