The Ashley Smith inquest was an Ontario coroner's inquest into the death of Ashley Smith, a teenager who died by self-inflicted strangulation on 19 October 2007 while under suicide watch in custody at the Grand Valley Institution for Women. Despite guards watching her on video monitors, Smith was able to strangle herself with a strip of cloth, and it was 45 minutes before guards or supervisors entered her cell and confirmed her death.[1] The warden and deputy warden were fired after the incident; although the four guards and supervisors in immediate contact with Smith were initially charged with negligent homicide, those charges were withdrawn a year later.[2] Smith's family brought a lawsuit against the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) for negligence; this lawsuit was settled out of court in May 2011.[3]
The CBC documentary news program The Fifth Estate produced two separate episodes on the life and death of Ashley Smith.[2][4] The documentaries describe the circumstances leading up to her death, as well as some disagreement inside the Correctional Service of Canada. The Fifth Estate claims "Corrections Canada filed an unprecedented publication ban on all exhibits presented at the coroner's inquest into her death."[4]
The inquest was frequently interrupted by multiple legal challenges and a change of coroner, before finally being terminated as a mistrial on 30 September 2011; a new inquest into Smith's death began on 19 September 2012.[5] On 2 December 2013, the presiding coroner instructed the jury to begin their deliberations with respect to a verdict on Smith's death.[6] On 19 December 2013, the coroner's jury returned a verdict of homicide in the case of Ashley Smith, and provided dozens of recommendations to the presiding judge.[7]
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^ ab"Out of Control". The Fifth Estate. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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^ ab"Behind the Wall". The Fifth Estate. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^"Ashley Smith inquiry to resume Sept. 20". CBC News. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^"Ashley Smith inquest jury begins deliberations". CBC News. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^"Ashley Smith coroner's jury rules prison death a homicide". CBC News. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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