Warning issued about high-risk sex offender set to visit Lower Mainland
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 01:10:18 +0000
Daniel Isto, 48, is the subject of a B.C. Corrections public notice issued Wednesday.
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More inmates step forward with allegations of abuse by former B.C. jail guard
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:00:38 +0000
Approximately 10 more former inmates have contacted lawyer who has filed a “representative action” lawsuit — similar to a class action — against now-retired guard Roderic David MacDougall and his former boss, the province of B.C.
Read more'We are still mothers': Jailed women give the gift of their voice at Christmas
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:13:18 +0000
B.C. inmates have been recorded reading 10,000 books over the last 12 years so their kids can connect with their mother’s voice
Read moreInside B.C. jails: A decades-long battle through the courts
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:16:15 +0000
The 200 civil cases filed in court against a former jail guard claim the alleged sexual abuse began four decades ago. The fight for many of those plaintiffs continues today.
Read moreInside B.C. jails: Former inmates and their relatives speak out
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:03:06 +0000
200 former inmates of Oakalla, Alouette and other B.C. jails have filed civil claims in court alleging they were sexually abused when they were teenagers or young men incarcerated for relatively minor crimes.
Read moreNew lawsuit, alleging abuse by a former corrections officer, claims B.C. jails need "systemic fix"
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 21:55:24 +0000
Part two of our series looking at former corrections officer Robert David MacDougall, who is named in 200 civil suits alleging sexual abuse, and the state of B.C. jails today.
Read moreExclusive: B.C. jail guard accused of sexually abusing 200 young inmates
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 01:19:47 +0000
We examined 100s of pages of court documents to tell a story that begins in 1976, about the alleged abuse of young inmates over two decades, and the continued fallout today. The four-part series next looks at who was impacted, how the system responded, and what is happening now.
Read moreB.C. government's 'long-term, systemic misconduct' enabled hundreds of jail sex assaults, lawsuit alleges
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 01:34:38 +0000
New court filings allege that Roderic MacDougall’s fellow corrections officers believed he “was sexually misconducting himself with younger inmates, and these concerns were brought to management” as early as 1980.
Read moreB.C. Corrections looks at how to prevent contraband drops by drones
Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:23:32 +0000
Airspace over corrections facilities is already protected, but that doesn’t stop people from using drones to deliver phones, drugs and more.
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