Five hour standoff at Thorold Detention Centre


Posted By DON FRASER

Updated 45 mins ago

A standoff between guards and 17 inmates lasted almost five hours at the Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold.
Niagara Regional Police say the situation started at 11:20 a.m. Saturday in the ground floor day room range area.
Corrections staff kept the disturbance to this area. The NRP responded as a precautionary measure and acted as support outside the facility.
A corrections negotiator was used to deal with the situation. The inmates demanded some concessions during negotiations, but police did not reveal any details.
Some inmates also began to make weapons from materials available at the scene.
At 4:10 p.m., corrections staff entered the area and secured the involved inmates without incident.
Police say no corrections staff or inmates were injured during this disturbance. About $2000 in damages was caused to the facility by inmates.
Police and the detention centre say the public was never at risk.
The NRP continues to investigate

-with files from the Canadian Press

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ctvtoronto.ca

A riot involving 17 inmates has ended at Niagara Detention Centre late Saturday afternoon.
Police offered few details on the riot, but they did confirm that the inmates were wearing masks and did have control of a portion of the facility.
There is no word on what sparked the riot, nor if any injuries occurred.
According to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services website, the facility has a capacity of 260 inmates.

With files from CTV Toronto