Saskatoon jail changed policies after 2016 death of Gerald Burnouf

The Saskatoon Correctional Centre has changed the way it monitors inmates with medical problems since the 2016 death of Gerald Burnouf.
Now, inmates with health issues who are being held in special cells are under constant video surveillance and every hour, staff must physically go to each cell to ensure the man inside is breathing, Jock McDowell, the deputy director at the jail, told a coroner’s inquest on Tuesday.
On Oct. 8, 2016, Burnouf, 49, who appeared to be withdrawing from methamph