Media report on Corrections workers’ call for urgent action on suicides

July 3, 2026

 The call to action from OPSEU/SEFPO’s Correctional Bargaining Unit on an alarming coroner’s report into Correctional worker suicides attracted extensive media attention this week.

OPSEU/SEFPO is calling on the Ontario government to immediately provide unlimited annual mental health coverage to Correctional workers.

Here is a selection of some of the media coverage:

• Ontario jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report details suicide crisis among correctional workers | CBC News

• Ontario jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report on suicides in corrections

• Jail guard suicide report prompts request ask for help

• Group calls for unlimited annual mental health coverage for correctional staff | Canadian Occupational Safety

• Jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report on suicides in corrections – Orillia News