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Newfoundland jail death renews calls for accountability in provincial corrections

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Her Majesty's Penitentiary, a minimum security penitentiary in St. John's, NL, overlooks Quidi Vidi Lake on June 9, 2011. The families of two inmates who died in Newfoundland jails have filed lawsuits claiming negligence by the province exacerbated their loved ones' mental health conditions and led to their untimely deaths. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly)