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Toronto Star Aug. 24, 2016 Ontario doesn’t house people with developmental disabilities in dedicated institutions anymore — and in 2013 the province rightly apologized for doing so in the past. But as a disturbing new report from Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé points out , in some ways things haven't …

CBC News Aug 24, 2016 Chronic service gaps for adults with disabilities are leaving them abandoned, abused and often languishing in jails and hospitals without proper care, according to findings of an Ontario ombudsman's report released today. To address the problem, Ombudsman Paul Dubé is calling …

Andrea Gordon  Feature Writer and Laurie Monsebraaten , Social Justice Reporter Toronto Star August 24, 2016 Ontario’s ombudsman has vowed he will keep pressuring the province to fix its “deeply flawed” developmental services system, which has resulted in vulnerable people in crisis being …

The Canadian Press August 24, 2016 TORONTO - Widespread inconsistencies and gaps in Ontario's support network have left many adults with developmental disabilities scrambling for care, at times exposing them to abuse or landing them behind bars, a new report said Wednesday. While the province has …

Blair Crawford Ottawa Citizen August 24, 2016 The way Ontario cares for developmentally delayed adults and their families is “deeply flawed”, says Ontario’s ombudsman, whose four-year investigation revealed “shocking systemic problems” in the province’s treatment of the disabled. Ombudsman Paul …

Christina Blizzard , Queen’s Park Columnist Toronto Sun August 24, 2016 7:49pm The stories are horrific. Patrick, 24, had cerebral palsy and couldn’t speak. He was placed in a local nursing home because his mother could no longer cope with his aggressive outbursts. So a young man whose brain was …

Andrew Seymour Ottawa Citizen November 2, 2016 The Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre remained among the three most complained about jails in Ontario, a dubious distinction it earned despite being the only jail in the top five that housed fewer than 1,000 inmates. There were 394 complaints about the …

Joe Friesen The Globe and Mail December 2, 2016 Ontario’s Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the way the province tracks and reviews the placement of prisoners in solitary confinement. The review will examine how the system logs segregated prisoners and counts the amount of time they have …

Randy Richmond The London Free Press December 2, 2016 Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dube is adding his voice to the growing questions about segregation in the province’s jails, launching a probe into the controversial practice. The probe comes amid several high-­profile cases and heightened attention to …

Rob Ferguson Queen's Park Bureau The Star December 2, 2016 A dramatic rise in complaints about inmates in segregation — including murder suspect Adam Capay at the Thunder Bay jail — has prompted Ontario’s new ombudsman to launch an investigation. Paul Dubé said Friday he will probe “how the …

Ainslie Cruickshank iPolitics.ca April 20, 2017 After a shocking case of solitary confinement in one Ontario prison was exposed last fall, the province’s ombudsman has revealed a system that fails to track how long inmates remain in segregation and largely ignores policies meant to ensure …

Patrick White The Globe and Mail April 20, 2017 Following a six-month investigation, Ontario’s Ombudsman has found that the province routinely flouts its own rules around solitary confinement in prisons, regularly losing track of how long prisoners have spent in the restrictive cells as well as why …

John Michael McGrath TVO.org April 24, 2017 The most important thing to know about last week's report from provincial Ombudsman Paul Dubé isn’t that he's highlighted the terrible state of Ontario’s correctional centres, their over-reliance on solitary confinement (officially known as segregation), …

Colin Perkel The Canadian Press April 20, 2017 TORONTO — Vulnerable inmates are being put at risk due to Ontario's highly flawed system of segregation, the province's ombudsman said Thursday. In a hard-hitting report, Paul Dubé says no one is properly tracking how long inmates are kept in solitary, …

Kristin Rushowy The Star April 20, 2017   Paul Dubé calls on provincial government to better track and monitor use of solitary confinement. The use of segregation in Ontario jails is full of “serious problems,” including a lack of accurate tracking and monitoring of prisoners, says the province’s …