Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free june 1997 chaplain showed disdain for prisoners state of mind Stony officials faulted in inmates suicide by Allison Bray staff reporter the suicide of a i positive inmate at Stony Mountain institution could have been a judge has provincial court judge Ron Mey ers said yesterday the prison Chap Lains office and psychology unit didst do enough to prevent the inmate from killing Jeffrey Alexander was found hanging from a laundry bag rope in his cell shortly after mid night on diagnosed As bark House was depressed and intent on killing Meyers wrote Fol lowing the inquest held last novem Ber and april but he said when a Volunteer prison worker told chaplain officials about bar houses suicidal they were brushed Meyers it was dismissed As the musings of a person who was either being melodramatic or who was seeking Meyers wrote in the report released Meyers said that on two occasions when bar houses Suici dal thoughts were conveyed to Chap lain representative sister Carol Marie she demonstrated not Only insensitivity but also Dis there was no attempt by her to report this information to prison authorities who could have placed Barkhouse on a suicide he it is difficult for me to under stand How a Church representative supposedly placed at the institution to minister to the welfare of the could turn her Back on a con Greg ant who was by every Indica crying out for Meyers also found the prisons psychological unit deficient in its record keeping and assessment of despite several meet Ings Between Barkhouse and unit there were no notes kept of what As a we will never know what efforts were made to help address problems affecting the Meyers he added there was no record of any information concerning bark houses emotional state being relayed to the prison psychiatrist or the failure of these two authorities to adequately Deal with bar houses state of mind and to Brush aside a Clear warning of his impending Fate does not speak Well for an institution at the very had a moral responsibility to do everything possible to prevent his suicide while he was sequestered at Stony Meyers he recommended the institution immediately implement an information Exchange system from All players in the institution to assess the mental conditions of inmates develop a program to sensitize prison employees to the emotional problems of inmates who Are his positive or suffering from other life threatening conditions develop a system to record information on All meetings Between inmates and the psychology such a system should ensure inmates with psychological prob lems be Given top assistant Warden Gunnar Ivans declined comment yesterday until he has seen a copy of the eviction notice rescinded As Mha corrects situation charges follow shooting death by Doug Nairne police reporter a Moose Lake mans decision to show off a Hunting Rifle to his friends during a drinking party ended in tragedy tuesday when the weapon hitting another Man in the Robert John was killed instantly by the Short Range Moose Lake ramp spokesman Randy Wittig said a group of nine adults were drinking in the Resi Dence of Frederick Joseph when the shooting took around Campbell report edly left the room the party was in and returned with a High pow ered while the weapon was being it was pointed at other people in the the Rifle Acci dentally discharged and Lambert was hit by the Bullet and killed Wittig said there is no evidence that the shooting was and the death has caused a great Deal of grief in Moose people Are pretty there were two Guys who were friends hav ing a party together and then one ends up getting shot in the he from what weve been told there was no fight or argument there at after the police were called and Campbell was arrested at the he faces charges of pointing a careless use of a firearm and Possession of a firearm while Campbell was held in custody in the Pas and will appear in court residents of Moose Lake contacted yesterday blamed lamberts death on saying High unemployment conditions and Lack of social pro Grams in the Community create a reel ing of despair that leads to alcoholism and substance Moose Lake is approximately 100 Kilometres East of the so theres a Man with a Rifle pumping gunshots into your threatening to kill you and demanding to be let do you Call the police or do you open the door its a you would but the mindlessness Theresa Bishop encountered at the Manitoba housing authority has her wonder Bishop called police and promptly got a seven Day eviction notice from the provincial Agency that is sup posed to provide housing to Low income people just like Treyve told me i have until tomorrow to get i dont know where were going to in at the end of my a single mom on social Bishop said her options were limit particularly since welfare help with her moving expenses if she was being and making matters Bishop believes the notice has under mined her efforts to Settle her 10yearold son in the Wake of an abusive relationship in Hes gone through a lot and i dont see Why he should have to go through More because of some Bishop noting the Inci Dent is the first complaint against her since she moved into her cur rent apartment a year according to her eviction the Mha based its decision for Rea sons of nuisance and disturbance and impairment of safety by ten her Only crime is that she was threatened by a crazed Bishop said her who is facing a string of weapons offences and uttering threats charges in the is the brother of a recently deceased Friend who had been at her apartment earlier that evening com when he began arguing with another Bishop told him to when he came Back and incessantly pushed her apartment Buzzer for Halfa hour and threat ened to kill she called when he pulled out a High pow ered Rifle and fired two shots into the front Lawn of the apartment to Paul Wiecek Back his she called police Winnipeg police staff Gord tuck collaborated Bishops version of events from the information in a police Shes a victim in All this As far As were tuck she was the one being so whats the problem that the question i asked when i called Gloria the author of the eviction notice and the property manager of the has Wynford drive apartment Complex in Transcona where Bishop she did not return my Calls so i phoned a spokesman for her housing minister Jack and that got some two hours Bishops eviction notice had been a meeting was being set up and an Mha official was sometimes we need a kick in the pants said Adrian act ing director of the Winnipeg District for the Deporto explained the Mha has a policy of holding tenants responsible for the actions of their guests and Bishop was punted based on a complaint from another tenant that the gun Man was a Friend of the fact Bishop had done every thing she could to get rid of him want passed and everything after that flowed from the Deporto Deporto should be i for taking the heat and right ing an obvious 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