A jury at a coroner’s inquest has made recommendations aimed at improving services for inmates at correctional facilities.

Jason Barnaby-Gloade was found unresponsive in a cell at the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre and pronounced dead at the Campbellton Regional Hospital on May 28, 2022.

The inquest held this week found Barnaby-Gloade died by suicide. The five-member jury heard from 11 witnesses and made two recommendations.

The first is ongoing training for correctional officers and medical staff at the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre on recognizing the presence of suicidal thoughts and continuing to update their intervention plans.

The second recommendation is that the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre provide correctional officers and medical staff with ongoing training regarding Indigenous sensitivities.

The presiding coroner recommended that the Department of Justice and Public Safety evaluate the risk that television cables may represent and find ways to address and eliminate that risk.