'I felt hollow': Jurors at Faqiri inquest hear of overcrowding, overuse of segregation in Ontario jails
After a gripping first day, the inquest into Soleiman Faqiri's death focused Tuesday on the conditions inside Ontario jails. Jurors heard from Lindsay Jennings about her lived and professional experience, as well as Howard Sapers, former federal correctional investigator and former Ontario independent advisor on correctional reform.
!['I felt hollow': Jurors at Faqiri inquest hear of overcrowding, overuse of segregation in Ontario jails](https://i.cbc.ca/1.3945896.1700605366!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jail-prison-prisoner-corrections.jpg)
![In a ruling released Thursday, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that solitary confinement of more than 15 days does not hold up to constitutional scrutiny. A man looks out a dirty window. Barbed wire is outside the window.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.3945896.1700605366!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jail-prison-prisoner-corrections.jpg)
After a gripping first day, the inquest into Soleiman Faqiri's death focused Tuesday on the conditions inside Ontario jails. Jurors heard from Lindsay Jennings about her lived and professional experience, as well as Howard Sapers, former federal correctional investigator and former Ontario independent advisor on correctional reform.