As an inmate at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in Newfoundland, Gregory Pike begged for better conditions and more support for mental health and substance abuse issues. After he took his own life last year, his sister Courtney took up his calls for change
A group of about two dozen protesters gathered outside a St. John s jail Saturday to demand better mental health care and addiction supports for inmates.
Michelle Pike and her daughters led a protest outside Her Majesty's Penitentiary on Saturday morning after her son, Gregory Pike, died by suicide while incarcerated at the jail.
Greg Pike died by suicide, alone and unsupervised in a St. John s jail, and he was incarcerated instead of given desperately needed help with his addictions and mental health issues, according to his younger sister.
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