Fatality inquiry into prisoner's suicide says policies were followed
There was little that staff at an Alberta correctional facility could have done differently to prevent the 2012 suicide of an inmate in an isolation cell, a public fatality inquiry has concluded.
Brent Miro Matkowski, 47, hanged himself in a cell at the Peace River Correctional Centre on May 12, 2012. Alberta Justice and Solicitor General released provincial court Judge Claus K. Thietke’s report on Matkowski’s death Friday.
“Twenty-four-hour monitoring of every
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