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Group holds 24-hour vigil for inmate who died at Winnipeg Remand Centre

A 24-hour vigil for a man who died at the Winnipeg Remand Centre took place Tuesday.

Bradley Errol Greene, 26, died after having epileptic seizure while in custody at centre in May

Bradley Errol Greene, more commonly known as Errol Greene, died May 1 after suffering from an epileptic seizure. At the time, he was in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre. (Courtesy of Rochelle Pranteau)

A 24-hour vigil for a man who died at the Winnipeg Remand Centre took place Tuesday.

Bradley ErrolGreene died May 1 while in custody at the pre-trialdetentioncentre. The 26-year-old was speaking with his wife, RochellePranteau,on the phonewhen he went into an epileptic seizure and laterdied.

Three months since her husband's death,Pranteausays she still doesn't have answers about why Greene was unable to be saved.

"I was actually devastated when I got the call," she said. "They called me later on that night after he was gone, around 9 p.m., and they just said, 'We're sorry for [your] loss,' and he was at the hospital."

In May, CBC Newsspoke with severalinmates at the remand centrewho said Greene was heardcalling for help from acell before hewent silent on the day he died.

Greene was beingdetained for breaching aprobation order not to consumealcohol. At the time, he was under the probation order for a charge of mischiefunder $5,000.

Greene was taken into custody April 29. He reportedlytold Pranteauhe had beendenied medication for his epilepsy for three days and was scared that could continue.

Pranteausaid she feels the vigil will help keep the story about what happened to her husbandpresent in people's minds.

"[I'm] not going to stop and I'm going to get justice served,hopefully," she said. "I guess I'm going to have to go through the justice system to fight them to get my answers."

The vigil for Greene ran from 2 p.m.Tuesday to 2 p.m.Wednesday outside the Winnipeg Remand Centre.

Rochelle Pranteau and Errol Greene were in a relationship for nine years. They have three children together and Pranteau is pregnant with the couple's fourth child. (Courtesy Rochelle Pranteau)