Teen killer remains in adult jail in 'shocking' case of segregation - News Summed Up

Teen killer remains in adult jail in 'shocking' case of segregation


The teen was 15 when in August 2014 he stabbed to death 28-year-old Daniel Pellerin in a Dartmouth parking lot. Authorities applied to make his transfer to an adult jail permanent, but the effort was turned down by Derrick last week. in an adult jail, she acknowledged she could not order corrections officials to return him to Waterville. He's been held since then in a transitional section of the jail in what Derrick describes as virtual isolation. "The fact that Nova Scotia correctional authorities have re-segregated the youth in the face of Justice Derrick's decision is shocking."


Source: CBC News September 20, 2017 21:22 UTC



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