A coroner’s inquest jury has made 13 recommendations aimed at improving health care at the Sudbury Jail following the death of a Wiikwemkoong man in custody four years ago.

Justin Alexander Trudeau, 44, died on Feb. 13, 2021, five days after arriving at the jail to serve a 30-day sentence. A post-mortem found he died from a severe antibiotic-resistant infection that spread from his lungs into his bloodstream.

The five-member jury released its recommendations after a week of testimony revealed staffing shortages for medical staff and guards.

The recommendations

The 13 recommendations include eight proposed by lawyers for the coroner’s office, as well as the jail and its doctor, plus five recommendations added by the jury.

The recommendations are not legally binding but instead are issu

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