Segregation under scrutiny as warden explains policy at Ashley Smith inquest
Jurors given theoretical tour of Canada’s prison system Reported by TheSpec.com 1 week ago.
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Jurors to tour prison where Ashley Smith died
KITCHENER, Ont. – Jurors at an inquest probing the death of a troubled teenage prison inmate will spend today taking a tour of the facility where she died. Ashley Smith was 19 when she choked to death...
View ArticleAshley Smith jurors to tour Ontario prison where teen died
Jurors at an inquest probing the death of a troubled teenage prison inmate will spend today taking a tour of the facility where she died. Reported by CTV 6 days ago.
View ArticleAshley Smith coroner's jury to visit prison where teen died
A coroner's jury in Toronto that is probing the case of teenager Ashley Smith is scheduled today to visit the southern Ontario facility where she died five years ago. Reported by CBC.ca 6 days ago.
View ArticleInquest jurors visit Ashley Smith death cell during tour of prison
No description available Reported by Globe and Mail 5 days ago.
View ArticleAshley Smith inquest jurors visit death cell during tour of prison
Inquest jurors paced the beige-painted segregation cell on Thursday where a deeply disturbed teen choked to death five years ago as security guards stood watching her Reported by National Post 5 days...
View ArticleFormer inmate describes system in which Ashley Smith died
As a coroner's jury toured the Grand Valley Institution for Women, where 19-year-old Ashley Smith choked to death in 2007 as guards watched, the CBC's Evan Solomon talked with a former inmate about...
View ArticleJurors tour cell where guards videotape prisoner's suicide
Jurors in a coroner's inquest hearing in Toronto received a tour of the prison cell where 19-year-old Ashley Smith died while prison guards stood by, watching and filming the incident. Reported by...
View ArticleGuards confused, conflicted by orders to ignore Ashley Smith
Documents and internal investigations by Correctional Service of Canada reveal guards were conflicted by orders not to enter Ashley Smith's cell if she was still breathing. Reported by CBC.ca 2 days ago.
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Smith cell not painted for jury, warden says
TORONTO – The Ashley Smith inquest resumed today with an assistant warden denying authorities spruced up the cell where the troubled teen died. Tony Simoes denied the spartan segregation cell Smith...
View ArticleJurors see Ashley Smith death video; frantic efforts failed to revive teen
The sound of frantic chest compressions filled an inquest courtroom Monday as video of the last-ditch effort to save a troubled teenager was screened for jurors. But the 20 minutes of thump-thump would...
View ArticleLawyer wonders if sleep deprivation was part of Ashley Smith's punishment
The Ashley Smith inquest resumed today with an assistant warden denying authorities spruced up the cell where the troubled teen died. Reported by CTV 2 days ago.
View ArticleLawyer asks if sleep deprivation was part of Ashley Smith’s punishment
Ashley Smith inquest hears provocative questions from family lawyer; an assistant warden denies that the troubled teen’s cell was cleaned up after her death Reported by Globe and Mail 2 days ago.
View ArticleAshley Smith inquest raises sleep deprivation as punishment
The Ashley Smith inquest resumed today with an assistant warden denying authorities spruced up the cell where the troubled teen died. Reported by CBC.ca 2 days ago.
View ArticleJurors watch video of Ashley Smith’s final hours
Prison guard who taped dying teen tells inquest he was ‘Just doing my job’ Reported by Globe and Mail 1 day ago.
View ArticleAshley Smith inquest to hear from prison guard today
A Toronto inquest is to hear more today from guards who were present as a troubled New Brunswick teen strangled herself in her cell at a southern Ontario prison. Reported by CTV 21 hours ago.
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DiManno: Guards watched as Ashley Smith gasped for air
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Reported by TheSpec.com 20 hours ago.
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'Death video' guard talks about arrest stress
TORONTO – A prison guard talked today about the shock he felt at being arrested in the death of a teenaged inmate. At the Toronto inquest into the death of Ashley Smith, Rudy Burnett said he found...
View ArticleAshley Smith guard tells inquest he was following orders
A prison guard who recorded the final minutes of Ashley Smith's life told a coroner's inquest today in Toronto that he was following orders when he didn't intervene in the choking death of the...
View ArticleAshley Smith flooded cell, choked herself within hours of arriving at new...
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