PROVINCIAL CLASS ACTIONS - ONTARIO

FIRM	CLASS DESCRIPTION	CONTACT INFO	DEADLINE
Koskie Minsky LLP	Staffing- related lock downs  All current and former inmates of correctional institutions as defined in the Ministry of Correctional Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22 (the “Correctional Institutions”), between May 30, 2009 and November 27, 2017 who are or were remanded, except the Excluded Persons;All current and former inmates of the Correctional Institutions between May 30, 2009 and November 27, 2017 who are or were serving a sentence at a Correctional Institution or who have violated parole and are or were imprisoned at a Correctional Institution as a result, except the Excluded Persons; and, ​“Excluded Persons” are: all inmates detained only in accordance with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c.27; and, all inmates of Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, the Ontario Correctional Institute and the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre (solely with respect to their incarceration at those Correctional Institutions).	Toll Free number: 1-800-777-6339 Email: [email protected]	-
Koskie Minsky LLP and Henein Hutchison LLP	Bail Delays The proposed class includes all persons who were arrested and detained for a period of more than 24 hours prior to any meaningful bail hearing being available for the time period of January 1, 2000 to the present.	Toll Free number: 1-800-469-3350 Email: [email protected]	-
Koskie Minsky LLP and Henein Hutchison LLP	Immigration Detention  The class includes all migrants detained by the Canada Border Services Agency and incarcerated in a provincial prison between December, 2003 and the present.	Toll Free number: 1-866-777-6309 ​ Email: [email protected]	-
Goldblatt Partners and Sottos Class Actions	Phone and Access ​Yet to be certified but will likely include prisoners who used the phone system when it operated under the Bell contract which recently ended.	Sign up page to receive information: https://sotosclassactions.com/cases/current-cases/bell-canada-prison-calls/	-
Koskie Minsky	Inmates with a Serious Mental Illness a) who were subjected to Administrative Segregation for any length of time at one of the Correctional Institutions between January 1, 2009 and the date of certification; b) who were diagnosed by a medical doctor before or during their incarceration with at least one of the following disorders, as defined in the relevant Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders (“DSM”): [...] and who suffered from their disorder, in a manner described in Appendix “A”, and, c) who reported such diagnosis and suffering to the Defendant’s agents before or during their Administrative Segregation (the “SMI Inmates”); II. Inmates in Prolonged Administrative Segregation a) who were subjected to Administrative Segregation for 15 or more consecutive days (“Prolonged Administrative Segregation”) at one of the Correctional Institutions between January 1, 2009 and the date of certification (the “Prolonged Inmates”)	Tollfree: ​1-844-819-8527 Email: ontarioadminsegclassaction @kmlaw.ca	-
​Koskie Minsky	Administrative Segregation  You are a class member if: You stayed in administrative segregation in an Ontario Jail, except the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre; For 15 days or longer; and Between April 20, 2015 and August 18, 2021. –OR– You are a class member if: You stayed in administrative segregation in an Ontario Jail, except the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre; You were diagnosed by a medical doctor with an eligible mental health disorder before or during your incarceration; AND You reported your diagnosis and suffering to Ontario’s agents or employees before or during your stay in administrative segregation. Some exceptions apply ​ The Court decided that Class Members who stayed in Administrative Segregation, ONLY between January 1, 2009 and April 19, 2015, cannot make a claim unless they can prove that they could not make a claim before April 20, 2015.	Tollfree: 1-844-819-8527 ​ Email: [email protected] ​	Class Members have until March 1, 2025 to make a claim
McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP	Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) ​You are eligible to submit a Claim in this Settlement if you suffered harm while incarcerated at the EMDC between October 10, 2011 and November 10, 2021 and did not previously opt out of the class actions. You may also be able to submit a Claim if you suffered harm while incarcerated at the EMDC between January 1, 2010 and October 9, 2011, if you meet certain criteria	Toll-free: 1-855-772-3556 Email: [email protected] Claims Administrator toll-free number: 1-888-595-6828 ​	Class Members have until October 16th, 2024 to submit a claim.