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Violent Inmates: Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency: Avery Edison, 25, who is identified legally in her British IDs and passport as female, was sent to Miltons Maplehurst Correctional Complex, a facility for high-risk, violent inmates, according to The Star. Edison was intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency upon her arrival from Heathrow on Monday when officials flagged her for previously staying behind in Canada after her student visa expired and A transgender woman from the U.K. who was stopped by customs at Pearson airport for overstaying her previous visit was detained for a day in a mens jail before being transferred to a womens facility. After considerable traffic on social media and the intervention of a lawyer, she was transferred Tuesday evening to the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.