After a number of overnight shifts due to a wonky course schedule, I was glad to write this story. It was a Star exclusive and my first print byline in weeks, but more importantly it's a story about a serious issue affecting numerous people.
Some of our callers were really distraught, and as a journalist you learn to distance yourself and get the details from people who are suffering. I also co-wrote a follow-up when it this happened again the next day.
Sophia Brown’s 23-year-old son, Tiaven, called her from his unit at the Don Jail.
“He calls me and says, ‘Mom, we’re dying,’ and I can hear the screaming and hollering.”
Three inmates also called the Star Wednesday after a 50-bed section of the jail was flooded with sewage.
See my report in the Toronto Star.
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