The Canadian Press \u00a024\/07\/2024 A memorial plaque with a laser-etched image of Christopher Young wearing a Santa hat sits on a shelf at his father’s Halifax home. “That’s how I’ll always remember my son, as a happy guy,” said Gerry Young, 61. However, the grieving parent said his 33-year-old son’s suicide on April 26 \u2014 the fifth of six deaths in Nova Scotia jails in the past 18 months \u2014 should be remembered as an example of how the provincial corrections system is failing to protect inmates’ lives. “I guarantee you this could have been prevented,” he said during a recent interview in his home. Young said his son had tried and failed to kill himself years ago at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility \u2014 commonly known as Burnside… <\/p>\n
The Canadian Press \u00a024\/07\/2024 A memorial plaque with a laser-etched image of Christopher Young wearing a Santa hat sits on a shelf at his father’s Halifax home. “That’s how I’ll always remember my son, as a happy guy,” said Gerry Young, 61. However, the grieving parent said his 33-year-old son’s suicide on April 26 \u2014 the fifth of six deaths in Nova Scotia jails in the past 18 months \u2014 should be remembered as an example of how the provincial corrections system is failing to protect inmates’ lives. “I guarantee you this could have been prevented,” he said during a recent interview in his home. Young said his son had tried and failed to kill himself years ago at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility \u2014 commonly known as Burnside... <\/p>\n