Guards charged with assaulting prisoner in Maple Ridge jail where many with mental illnesses held
Four guards from the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre will appear in Port Coquitlam provincial court on Monday charged with assault causing bodily harm for an alleged attack on an prisoner more than a year ago.
Charges against the four — Matthew Black, Luke Poelzer, Ryan Saunders and Neil Stirton — were laid in November 2018 in connection with an incident at the Maple Ridge institution on Sept. 18, 2017.
The alleged victim, Anthanios-Tom Mavros, has a history of mental i
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