Corrections staff at N.S. prison assaulted by inmate as union says violence on the rise - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

April 28, 2026
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Corrections staff at N.S. prison assaulted by inmate as union says violence on the rise - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

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Multiple staff members at the Springhill Institution, a medium-security federal prison in Nova Scotia, were assaulted by an inmate on the weekend and treated in hospital.

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