US EditionOregon Prison Guards Exchanged Racist, Antisemetic Texts, Memes on Group Text, Records Show
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, JUL 11 – A correctional officer faces manslaughter charges after a 21-year-old was illegally detained and subjected to force including pepper spray, sparking calls for inquiry into systemic racism.
- On December 24, 2022, 21-year-old Nicous D'Andre Spring died in hospital after guards at Montreal's Bordeaux jail placed a spit hood on him and pepper-sprayed him twice while he was unlawfully detained.
- Spring's detention was illegal because a judge had ordered his release the day before, but he and two other inmates remained in custody, prompting criticism and calls for inquiry.
- The accused, 54-year-old Sébastien Bossé, a unit head at Bordeaux jail relieved of duties in December 2022, was arrested and charged with manslaughter related to Spring's death at Montreal courthouse and released on bail.
- Spring's family, along with civil rights organizations, are calling for a formal investigation to address racial biases within the provincial detention system and are seeking the release of video evidence related to the incident.
- Separately, the Oregon Department of Corrections placed three Snake River Correctional Institution officers on leave after they exchanged racist and antisemitic group texts containing offensive images and hate speech.
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Nicous D的Andre Spring died as a result of a violent altercation with correctional officers from Bordeaux.
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Oregon prison guards exchanged racist, antisemetic texts, memes on group text, records show
Snake River Correctional Institution tactical team members sent each other racist, crude and demeaning texts about prisoners and prison employees, records obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive show.
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Man charged in connection with 2022 death of unlawfully detained inmate in Montreal
MONTREAL - A man has been charged in the death of a 21-year-old who died after an altercation with guards while he was unlawfully detained at a Montreal jail in 2022.
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