Convicted Rapist Who Attacked Newfoundland Women Dies in Custody of Ontario Prison
Sofyan Boalag, serving an indeterminate sentence as a dangerous offender, died in Bath Institution; authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances of his death.
- On Nov. 4, 2025, Correctional Service Canada said convicted serial rapist Sofyan Boalag died in federal custody on Saturday.
- Boalag was convicted in 2016 of raping two women and a 15-year-old in 2012 and was declared a dangerous offender in 2017, receiving an indeterminate sentence.
- At 46, he was being held at the medium-security Bath Institution about 20 kilometres west of Kingston, Ontario, Correctional Service Canada says.
- A news release from regional communications manager Mike Shrider said police and a coroner will be notified and investigate, but privacy laws prevent disclosing Boalag's death details.
- Boalag had been stabbed repeatedly inside Atlantic Institution in February 2023 and filed a Federal Court lawsuit in January claiming he would never walk again, while the Attorney General of Canada said he provoked the stabbing and failed to ensure his own safety.
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Convicted rapist who attacked Newfoundland women dies in custody of Ontario prison – 105.9 The Region
ST. JOHN’S — A man convicted of raping two women and a 15-year-old girl in downtown St. John’s, N.L., died in federal custody on Saturday. Correctional Service Canada says Sofyan Boalag was 46 years old and serving an indeterminate sentence at the Bath Institution, about 20 kilometres west of Kingston, Ont. A spokesperson said privacy laws prevented the agency from saying how Boalag died or whether his death was in hospital. Boalag attacked his …
Serial rapist Sofyan Boalag dies in Ontario prison; Correctional Service Canada promises review
Serial rapist Sofyan Boalag has died in custody in Ontario. Boalag was serving time in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women and a 15-year-old girl in Newfoundland during the summer and fall of 2012. Correctional Service Canada issued the following statement: “On November 1, 2025, Sofyan Boalag, an inmate from […]
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