The mother of a young inmate at the Remand Centre said she was concerned after he was allegedly beat by guards Saturday afternoon.

Patty Gillis’s son, Kenny, has been charged in the homicide of 22-year-old Mike Motiuk and has been in jail awaiting trial.

Nineteen-year-old Kenny told his mother he was severely beaten by several guards after a confrontation where he threw water at a guard.

“Four or five guards held him down while they were punching and whatever while they were holding him down. They handcuffed him."

She said the guards took him into the showers where they continued to beat him.

“They kicked him in the back and the sides because he was laying in the fetal position he said, trying to cover as much as he could.

“There was no reason to take him out of camera range and then continue to beat him. It makes no sense to me. Nobody deserves that treatment.”

Kenny told his mother that he was taken to the infirmary to get some stitches.

He also told his mother there was blood in his urine but officials have refused to take him to a hospital.

Patty explained that her sister left a message with officials at the jail that Kenny needed medical treatment.

“She thought he sounded genuinely concerned but when I talked to him this afternoon they still haven’t taken him to a doctor or to a hospital to check him out. There’s something wrong with that.

“I was actually fearful all last night that something might have happened to him,” she said, adding she was concerned about internal bleeding.

A spokesperson from the Alberta Justice and Solicitor General’s office told CTV News, “Anytime something like this occurs inmates are automatically checked over by medical staff.”

However, Patty said the incident could have been prevented but her son has not received proper medication for his ADHD and Asperger’s syndrome since the move to the new facility.

“When he is on medication he is not aggressive. He wouldn't be easily agitated as he has been in the last two weeks without having medication,” she explained.

Government spokesperson Josh Stewart responded that, “There was necessary medication given to inmates during the change to the new centre and throughout the strike.”

Patty said she would now be looking at laying assault charges against the guards.

With files from Amanda Anderson