The minister in charge of Ontario's jails has asked the province's independent corrections adviser to investigate a spike in violence against correctional officers. Violent acts against correctional officers, which include threats, spitting, punching, kicking and attacks with weapons, have been on the rise in Ontario jails. On Thursday, Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Marie-France Lalonde said the numbers suggest a "deeply, deeply disturbing trend" that's causing significant concern. ​She announced at Queen's Park that she has asked Howard Sapers, the province's corrections adviser, to look into the issue and report back within 90 days. Nobody, not the men and women who are sent by the courts, not the men and women who work in the institutions, nobody goes to a jail to endure violence," Sapers told CBC Radio's Ontario Today.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2018 14:37 UTC