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LONDON, ONT. - The province of Ontario has been slapped with two more lawsuits, claiming a total of $3.4 million in damages, in the death of an inmate at a troubled detention centre.
The family of Laura Straughan claims the province failed to provide proper medical care at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre for the 25-year-old woman, who showed signs of declining health over several days before dying of pneumonia complicated by the H1N1 virus.
"It is shocking what is going on in there," Straughan's mother, Susan Duval, said of conditions at EMDC.
EMDC is one of Ontario's largest detention centres and, say guards and inmates, bursting at its seams and outdated.
Built for 150 inmates, the complex holds more than 400, with cells designed for single inmates holding three and other rooms refitted into cells.
The detention centre mixes hard-core criminals with those facing lesser charges, including some people serving sentences on weekends only and many inmates awaiting trial.
Two statements of claim are now filed in Ontario Superior Court.
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http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/12/13/19120571-qmi.html
The family of Laura Straughan claims the province failed to provide proper medical care at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre for the 25-year-old woman, who showed signs of declining health over several days before dying of pneumonia complicated by the H1N1 virus.
"It is shocking what is going on in there," Straughan's mother, Susan Duval, said of conditions at EMDC.
EMDC is one of Ontario's largest detention centres and, say guards and inmates, bursting at its seams and outdated.
Built for 150 inmates, the complex holds more than 400, with cells designed for single inmates holding three and other rooms refitted into cells.
The detention centre mixes hard-core criminals with those facing lesser charges, including some people serving sentences on weekends only and many inmates awaiting trial.
Two statements of claim are now filed in Ontario Superior Court.
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http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/12/13/19120571-qmi.html