Youth ‘uprooted’ too quickly when Ontario closed northwest detention programs, ombudsman says
Ontario’s ombudsman says the government’s conduct was wrong and unreasonable for how it closed custody and detention programs at youth justice facilities in the province’s northwest region in March 2021, forcing 22 young people to move with little notice.Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé’s report, ‘Lost Opportunities,’ into the closure of detention and custody programs at two…