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Anna Betty Achneepineskum
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Anna Betty Achneepineskum is a Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation. She was a witness at the coroner's inquest into the death of Kevin Mamakwa, the 27-year-old from Kingfisher Lake First Nation who died by suicide in the Thunder Bay District Jail in 2020.
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Days after a coroner's inquest into the death of Kevin Mamakwa — a 27-year-old from Kingfisher Lake First Nation who died by suicide in the Thunder Bay District Jail — concluded with 22 recommendations and the jail being called a "death trap," Premier Doug Ford disparaged the province's own new ~$1.2-billion Thunder Bay Correctional Complex as a "fancy-dancey jail," comparing it to "the Four Seasons hotel" and refusing to commit to closing the century-old jail where nine people have died since 2002.
Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and a witness at the coroner's inquest into Kevin Mamakwa's death in the Thunder Bay District Jail.