Part IV: Apart from the correctional staff at the jail, it turns out there was someone else there the day Soleiman Faqiri died. Someone who says he saw everything. Host Yusuf Zine speaks to that eyewitness, who shares new jarring details of what he saw happen in that cell.

Audio clips courtesy The Evan Solomon Show, CBC Ontario Morning, Global News, and the Ontario Ombudsman

Background reading:

Ontario Ombudsman report - The Code

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Part IV: Apart from the correctional staff at the jail, it turns out there was someone else there the day Soleiman Faqiri died. Someone who says he saw everything. Host Yusuf Zine speaks to that eyewitness, who shares new jarring details of what he saw happen in that cell.
Audio clips courtesy The Evan Solomon Show, CBC Ontario Morning, Global News, and the Ontario Ombudsman
Background reading:
Ontario Ombudsman report - <a href="https://www.ombudsman.on.ca/resources/reports-and-case-summaries/reports-on-investigations/2013/the-code">The Code</a>
Donate to TVO: <a href="http://tvo.org/give">http://tvo.org/give</a>

On December 15, 2016, Soleiman Faqiri was found dead in his cell after an altercation with a group of correctional officers. After suffering a schizophrenic episode, the 30-year-old was awaiting a pre-trial mental health assessment at a Lindsay Ontario jail. He was pepper sprayed, shackled, and wore a spit hood. But there was no footage of what went on inside his segregation cell that day. “Unascertained” pieces together the timeline of Soleiman’s death and what really happened when guards entered the room. It’s a story of a family’s loss, mental health failures in the prison system, and a search for justice. A six-part series from TVO Podcasts. Hosted by Yusuf Zine. 

On December 15, 2016, Soleiman Faqiri was found dead in his cell after an altercation with a group of correctional officers. After suffering a schizophrenic episode, the 30-year-old was awaiting a pre-trial mental health assessment at a Lindsay Ontario jail. He was pepper sprayed, shackled, and wore a spit hood. But there was no footage of what went on inside his segregation cell that day. &ldquo;Unascertained&rdquo; pieces together the timeline of Soleiman&rsquo;s death and what really happened when guards entered the room. It&rsquo;s a story of a family&rsquo;s loss, mental health failures in the prison system, and a search for justice. A six-part series from TVO Podcasts. Hosted by Yusuf Zine.&nbsp;

A story of a family’s loss, mental health failures in Ontario’s prison system, and a search for justice. A six-part series from TVO Podcasts. Hosted by Yusuf Zine.

Unascertained

On December 15, 2016, Soleiman Faqiri was found dead in his cell after an altercation with a group of correctional officers. After suffering a schizophrenic episode, the 30-year-old was awaiting a mental health assessment at a Lindsay Ontario jail. He was pepper sprayed, shackled, and wearing a spit hood. But there was no footage of what went on inside his segregation cell that day. “Unascertained” pieces together the timeline of Soleiman’s death and what really happened when guards entered the room. It’s a story of a family’s loss, mental health failures in the prison system, and a search for justice. A six-part series from TVO Podcasts. Hosted by Yusuf Zine.

On December 15, 2016, Soleiman Faqiri was found dead in his cell after an altercation with a group of correctional officers. After suffering a schizophrenic episode, the 30-year-old was awaiting a mental health assessment at a Lindsay Ontario jail. He was pepper sprayed, shackled, and wearing a spit hood. But there was no footage of what went on inside his segregation cell that day. &ldquo;Unascertained&rdquo; pieces together the timeline of Soleiman&rsquo;s death and what really happened when guards entered the room. It&rsquo;s a story of a family&rsquo;s loss, mental health failures in the prison system, and a search for justice. A six-part series from TVO Podcasts. Hosted by Yusuf Zine.

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