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An inmate at Ottawa’s jail has committed suicide by hanging himself.
Ottawa police were called to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Road shortly after 3 a.m.
The inmate was located in a maximum security segregation area of the jail known as one wing. He was alone in his cell at the time of the suicide.
Ottawa police Const. Chuck Benoit said there was no evidence of foul play. Police are not releasing the prisoner’s name or age.
“It’s a mental health,” said Benoit of the nature of the call.
The coroner’s office is now handling the investigation into the death. A coroner’s inquest is mandatory in cases where an inmate dies while in custody and the death is not from natural causes.
The inmate’s suicide comes just two days after a Postmedia report about another inmate who is no longer fit to stand trial after spending 18 months in solitary confinement at the notorious jail.
That inmate, Mutiur Rehman, is now under the care of a psychiatrist in a secure unit at The Royal Mental Health Care Centre and is under the authority of the Ontario Review Board.
Rehman was awaiting trial at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre after being charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of André Boisclair in October 2013.
Rehman was kept in isolation for up to 23 hours a day without any social interaction beyond a guard bringing him meals and the odd 20-minute visit from family. He didn’t have access to newspapers, television or radio.
A psychiatrist found that Rehman’s time in solitary confinement was linked to his deteriorating mental health. Rehman appeared to be hallucinating during interviews. Rehman also reported a history of hearing voices.
More to come.
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Ottawa police were called to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Road shortly after 3 a.m.
The inmate was located in a maximum security segregation area of the jail known as one wing. He was alone in his cell at the time of the suicide.
Ottawa police Const. Chuck Benoit said there was no evidence of foul play. Police are not releasing the prisoner’s name or age.
“It’s a mental health,” said Benoit of the nature of the call.
The coroner’s office is now handling the investigation into the death. A coroner’s inquest is mandatory in cases where an inmate dies while in custody and the death is not from natural causes.
The inmate’s suicide comes just two days after a Postmedia report about another inmate who is no longer fit to stand trial after spending 18 months in solitary confinement at the notorious jail.
That inmate, Mutiur Rehman, is now under the care of a psychiatrist in a secure unit at The Royal Mental Health Care Centre and is under the authority of the Ontario Review Board.
Rehman was awaiting trial at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre after being charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of André Boisclair in October 2013.
Rehman was kept in isolation for up to 23 hours a day without any social interaction beyond a guard bringing him meals and the odd 20-minute visit from family. He didn’t have access to newspapers, television or radio.
A psychiatrist found that Rehman’s time in solitary confinement was linked to his deteriorating mental health. Rehman appeared to be hallucinating during interviews. Rehman also reported a history of hearing voices.
More to come.
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