Edmonton Remand Centre on lockdown after increase in assaults on officers

Concerned with the increase in assaults on correctional officers by inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre, a lockdown was staged beginning at 7 a.m. Friday.
“There’s been a number of serious assaults on correctional officers at the remand centre, even including up to last night,” said Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, on Friday. “Officers this morning felt the building wasn’t safe and they locked down. The inmates are conta