Tamara Frances Lucier was waiting for treatment at a psychiatric facility before facing charges, but in the meantime was held in custody in the South West Detention Centre in Windsor, Ont.
She died Dec. 28 in jail.
Now, her family and inmate advocates want to know how and why she ended up incarcerated even though she was never convicted of a crime, and a court psychiatrist deemed she needed treatment for a mental-health problem before facing the legal system.
“I lost my daughter, and here today I still haven’t had an answer, not an apology from the South West Detention Centre,” said Wilfred Lucier.
“To have no
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