Edmonton Remand Centre mental health care ‘completely inadequate,’ judge says in report on inmate’s suicide – Edmonton Examiner
Sep 19, 2024
Warning: this story deals with suicide. If you need help, the AHS Mental Health Help Line can be reached at 1-877-303-2642. The Canada Suicide Prevention Service can be contacted at 1-833-456-4566. The Suicide Crisis Helpline is 988.
A report on the death of an Edmonton Remand Centre inmate paints a dire picture of mental health care inside the jail and warns that without improvements similar deaths are “likely.”
The Alberta government on Wednesday released the results of a fatality inquiry into the death of Jonathan Wayne Anderson, 40, who died by suicide in March 2020.
Anderson, an Indigenous hip-hop artist from Saskatchewan who performed as Tommy Da, asked to see a psychologist to obtain a prescription to help with depression one month before his death. He also asked to begin a Suboxone prescription for drug withdrawal.
