Documents reveal Edmonton Remand Centre staff were punched, spit on in lead up to lockdown

Staff at the Edmonton Remand Centre were punched in the face or head on five separate occasions in the days before a lockdown at the provincial jail late last year, according to records from Alberta Justice. 
Officials in December said the 12-hour lockdown by remand centre staff was triggered by an increase in “serious assaults” on correctional officers. The reported violence later led to restrictions on how often inmates are allowed out of their cells. But the province provided