The mother of an inmate who died at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert is suing the government over his death.
Christopher Andrew Van Camp, 37, died on June 7 after being found in medical distress.
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He was nearing the end of a five-year, five month sentence for several convictions at the time of his death.
Van Camp’s mother, Lauren Laithwaite, has filed a lawsuit alleging Correctional Service Canada placed her ill, weakened and highly vulnerable son into the general population and near the inmate accused of killing him.
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It alleges that CSC failed to meet the required standard of care; committed battery by re-arresting Van Camp; and failed to police the prison’s internal drug economy that allowed her son to continue using drugs while incarcerated.
Laithwaite said her son was in a coma days before his death after a drug overdose.
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She is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Tyler Vandewater has been charged with second-degree murder in Van Camp’s death.
With files from The Canadian Press
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