ARCH Statement: Calling for Action in response to Inquest Jury’s Recommendations

December 15, 2025

Today, the Faqiri family once again calls on the Government of Ontario to respond and take action following the Inquest Jury’s Recommendations released in 2023. Soleiman Faqiri was killed on December 15, 2016 while in a segregated cell at the Central East Correctional Centre awaiting to be transferred to the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health in Whitby. Mr. Faqiri was a person with a mental health disability who sustained obvious and brutal injuries that led to his death. In August 2020, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) decided not to lay charges against the correctional officers involved in the death of Mr. Faqiri. In 2023, the Inquest Jury ruled that Mr. Faqiri’s death was a homicide.

We repeat the calls of the Faqiri family for the Government of Ontario to issue an apology to the Faqiri family for Soleiman Faqiri’s death; and to appropriately implement all the recommendations made by the Inquest Jury, including the creation of a provincial corrections inspectorate.

ARCH’s thoughts continue to be with the Faqiri family who have suffered a devastating loss and continue to tirelessly advocate and fight for accountability, justice, and systemic change.

Press Conference is happening on December 15, 2025 at 10:00 am at Queens Park
Live Press Conference

A recording of the press conference is expected to be available later today (6:30 p.m.) via the Ontario Legislature Media Studio link shared above.