Skyler Sappier
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Inquest into N.B. inmate’s death concludes but family still seeking justiceIt was an emotional final day of a coroner's inquest investigating the death of Skyler Sappier, 28, who was an inmate at the Saint John Regional Regional Correctional Centre.CanadaMay 18, 2023
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More than half of Saint John jail inmates had COVID when Sappier died: testimonyStaff from the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre, who testified that COVID-19 was widespread throughout the facility at the time of his deathCanadaMay 17, 2023
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Coroner’s inquest scheduled for Wolastoqey inmate who family says died of COVID-19A coroner's inquest for Skyler Brent Soloman-Sappier has been scheduled for May. He died in January 2022 after a brief hospital stay due to what his family says was COVID-19.CanadaMar 28, 2023
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N.B. orders coroner’s inquest into death of inmate at Madawaska jailA coroner's inquest has been ordered into the death of Wesley Robert Geneau. This is the second inquest to be ordered into an inmate's death this month.CanadaFeb 11, 2022
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Calls for justice reform after New Brunswick inmate dies of COVID-19Skyler Sappier, a 28-year-old inmate, died of COVID-19 at the end of January. A criminologist says he shouldn't have been jailed during a pandemic in the first place.CanadaFeb 8, 2022
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Family of N.B. inmate who died of COVID-19 speaks out: ‘He deserved more’The family of Skyler Sappier, a 28-year-old Indigenous man who died of COVID-19 while serving a jail sentence, say the facility failed to get him the medical help he needed.CanadaFeb 3, 2022
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