The Canadian Prison Law Association is calling on the Ontario government to apologize to the family of Soleiman Faqiri, and take immediate steps to implement the 57 recommendations that resulted from the coroner’s inquest into his death.
Soleiman Faqiri died in December 2016 at the Lindsay Jail. He had been arrested in the midst of a mental health crisis, and once in jail his mental health deteriorated significantly. He died after being violently tackled by numerous correctional officers. In December 2023 the coroner ruled his death a homicide.
This morning Soleiman Faqiri’s family stood in the Ontario legislative building, calling for an apology and urging the government to move forward with the inquest recommendations that are intended to prevent similar deaths in the future. CPLA echoes those calls, and in particular calls on the Ontario government to implement the recommendation to establish an independent prison inspectorate for provincial facilities.
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