Nova Scotia does not require mandatory public inquests into deaths in custody like most other Canadian jurisdictions.

Glen Assoun spent almost 17 years in prison and another four and a half years under strict parole conditions after being convicted of the brutal 1998 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Brenda Way.

They alleged that the teenager - whose identity is edited out - "used a software that penetrated the system an extensive number of times" in early March.