Cleanup begins after Nunavut inmates barricade prison wing
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Crews were cleaning up Nunavut’s notorious Baffin Correctional Centre after inmates barricaded themselves in a wing and caused considerable damage.
“Significant repairs will be required to BCC’s Charlie unit,” Nunavut Justice Minister Jeannie Ehaloak said Thursday. “The Department of Justice is looking at options to transfer and house inmates in correctional facilities outside the territory until these repairs can be completed.”
Ehaloak said there was no threat to public security.
No one was injured, she said, in what the department is calling a disturbance. Ehaloak said it began at about 11:00 p.m. Wednesday and lasted about 5 1/2 hours.