PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The Correctional Service of Canada says it will diligently consider the recommendations from an inquest into an inmate's suicide at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
Jeff Campbell, a department spokesman, says officials will respond once they've done a full review of the recommendations brought back by a coroner's jury in the case of Andy Allan Brassard.
The 26-year-old prisoner was found hanging from a television with coaxial cable on Nov. 16, 2012.
An inquest this week heard testimony about how Brassard had been suicidal before he was imprisoned earlier the same year for aggravated assault of his wife.
Besides removing cords and cables in inmate areas, the jury recommended more frequent checks of inmates who are suicidal, mandatory suicide awareness training for staff and ensuring all vacant mental health positions are filled.
The recommendations are not legally binding, but the coroner’s office tracks their progress and will follow them up within six months.
