Inquest report begins important conversations surrounding mental illness and solitary confinement in Canadian prison systems. Like Soli, Devon suffered with schizophrenia and died under state custody due to an unawareness of his mental health needs
Inquest into death of mentally ill prisoner finds staff unaware of schizophrenia diagnosis | CBC News
The submission found inattention to Sampson’s mental health deficiencies, gaps in information sharing between staff inadequately qualified to deal with mentally ill prisoners and an overreliance on inmate self-reporting to determine security measures
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