A Manitoba woman wants
answers after her daughter died in a Regina remand centre cell
last month — allegedly
from drug withdrawal — while awaiting a bail hearing.
Sherri Chartrand got a call from her daughter,
Breanna Kannick, on Monday, Aug. 17. The 21-year-old had been arrested for
failing to appear in court. Kannick was facing drug possession charges and
missed two court dates, in May and June.
"She was sobbing. She wanted to come home, and I said,
'Well, can I get you out today?' She said, 'Probably not.' Not until her bail
hearing," said Chartrand. "She was scared, and she had never been in
jail before."
Kannick's bail hearing wasn't scheduled until Thursday — but
Chartrand got another call from her daughter on Tuesday. She was sick and going
through withdrawal.
"I knew my
daughter was on cocaine and heroin. Even the withdrawal from cocaine can be
quite major," said Chartrand. "She was dope sick. I asked her if she
had a medical assessment. I said, 'Well didn't they give you anything?"
She said she asked to speak to the people guarding her
daughter, but she was refused.
She started working on a plan to bring her daughter home to
The Pas and enrol her in addiction treatment — she was just waiting for a
Thursday morning call about the bail amount.
Instead, her own mother, Kannick's grandmother, called her in
the afternoon to tell her Kannick had died.
"It was all over Facebook that my daughter was dead. I
immediately started screaming and crying, and my boss brought me home,"
Chartrand said.
She contacted Moose Jaw police, who said they had had trouble
getting hold of her. She was told Kannick died early in the morning.
"She was vomiting and kicking at the door for
help," said Chartrand. "They performed CPR, which, CPR isn't going to
do anything for someone going through withdrawal … by the time they got to her,
they worked on her, but it was too late. She died in her cell."
source: CBCNEWS
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