Federal Court awards inmate $65K over guard assault, rejects claim CSC fails to discipline staff

By Christopher Guly ( April 20, 2026, 1:44 PM EDT) -- In a decision released on April 16, the Federal Court awarded a prison inmate significant damages for injuries he sustained after being assaulted by a guard and for a breach of his Charter s. 7 right to security of the person, but stopped short in agreeing with the plaintiff’s argument that Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is unwilling to discipline staff for misconduct....
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