Posted: Feb 24, 2021 2:16 PM AT | Last Updated: February 24
Matthew Aiken says he was beaten by another inmate at the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou, N.S.(CBC)
A Nova Scotia man is suing the provincial government for negligence, saying he was beaten up by another inmate while being held in the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou.
Matthew Aiken's lawsuit alleges the province, through the attorney general, failed in its duty to protect him.
Aiken was in the provincial jail in the fall of 2017 on charges of breach, harassment and possession of cocaine. He'd been there about two weeks when he was placed in a cell with another inmate, Donavin Diggs, according to a Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision published Wednesday.