Lawyers familiar with Ontario inquest process call for more accountability after deaths at Thunder Bay jail – CBC

Emily Hill of Aboriginal Legal Services says inquests show deaths are preventable but province isn’t listening

Nov 25, 2020

Going through a provincial inquest into the death of someone in the government’s custody is often traumatizing for the family members that Emily Hill has represented.

The senior staff lawyer with Aboriginal Legal Services says that while inquests are legally required by the Ontario Coroner’s Act when someone dies while in custody or being detained, families don’t have to participate.

Yet in most cases, they do.

“Every family I’ve ever represented has said that to go through this very painful and traumatic process, in some ways, is worth it if they can prevent another family from going through it,” said Hill.

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