N.S. inmate who died had mental capacity of seven-year-old boy: family
HALIFAX — The family of a 29-year-old Nova Scotia man who was found unresponsive in a jail cell say his death could have been prevented if he was given proper treatment.
Christine Barnes said Thursday that her nephew, Josh Evans, tried to kill himself at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility on Monday and was pronounced dead at Dartmouth General Hospital.
She said Evans had the mental capacity of a second grader and was missing half of his 22nd chromosome.
“Basically he’s like a seven-year-old boy in a man’s body,” Barnes said.