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| Prison death leads to firings |
| By The Chatham Daily News |
| Published: 05/08/2008 |
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ONTARIO, CANADA - Two managers have been fired and two more suspended without pay for their actions at the time a young prisoner died at Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ont. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's office says the firings and suspensions are the result of a disciplinary investigation conducted after 19-year-old Ashley Smith died last fall. Smith, from New Brunswick, was found unconscious in a segregation cell Oct. 19 and later pronounced dead in hospital. An autopsy determined she died of "self-initiated" asphyxiation. Day spokesman John Brent says the Correctional Service investigation found certain managers responded in ways that were "inconsistent with their management accountabilities and responsibilities." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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