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An inquest has been scheduled to start later this month into the death of a man suffering from schizophrenia who hanged himself last year at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre.

Cleve Gordon Geddes, 30, died in the hospital where he was transferred from jail on Feb. 10, 2017.

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This newspaper reported at the time that it was two days after he hanged himself in his protective custody cell after reportedly being taken off of a suicide watch.

His grieving sister said that he belonged in a hospital, not jail, after struggling with mental illness for a decade and being off his medication for at least four months before his suicide.

Dr. Louise McNaughton-Filion, the regional supervising coroner for Ontario’s east region, announced Wednesday that the inquest will start Nov. 26 in the Keefer Room at Ottawa City Hall. It’s expected to last nine days and hear from about 28 witnesses.

The inquest will examine the events surrounding Geddes’s death and the jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services said in a release Wednesday.

An inquest is mandatory for in-custody deaths under the Coroner’s Act.

Dr. Michael Wilson will preside as inquest coroner; Mark Holmes and Tom Schneider will be counsel to the coroner.

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