The following quote are attributed to me in this Toronto Star article by Alyshah Hasham Courts Reporterand Tom Yun Staff Reporter

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/05/tragic-preposterous-family-of-soleiman-faqiri-reacts-as-opp-says-it-wont-charge-jail-guards-in-mentally-ill-ontario-mans-death.html

Anita Szigeti, a lawyer who frequently represents clients with mental health issues, said a decision not to charge anyone involved in a group assault because it was unclear who dealt a fatal blow is bizarre from a legal standpoint. “There is no basis for that approach in law, so I am puzzled by it,” she said.

Faqiri was particularly vulnerable in jail, both as a person with mental illness and as a racialized person — two groups that are significantly overrepresented in jail populations, Szigeti noted. Both groups are also more often subjected to force and violence by authorities, including both police and jail guards, she said.

“There is a real and palpable fear among my clients with mental health issues and who are also racialized about going to prison,” she said.

She said an inquest will be effective in identifying problems and will likely produce useful, practical and important recommendations — but the issue lies with the implementation of those recommendations.

“We need a culture shift within corrections and the ill-treatment of mentally ill people in corrections has long been identified as a huge problem,” she said, pointing to past cases, including the death of Ashley Smith, a 19-year-old woman with serious mental illness, in a prison in Kitchener. “These are all terrible tragedies and they are all preventable.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/05/tragic-preposterous-family-of-soleiman-faqiri-reacts-as-opp-says-it-wont-charge-jail-guards-in-mentally-ill-ontario-mans-death.html