Inmate’s death at P.E.I. correctional facility investigated by RCMP

Inmate’s death at P.E.I. correctional facility investigated by RCMP

Police say there is no evidence of foul play

An inmate died Wednesday night inside P.E.I.’s main jail

The death of an inmate in their 50s at a P.E.I. provincial corrections facility is under investigation by RCMP, according to a news release.

Police were called at around 5:15 a.m. Thursday after the person was “discovered unresponsive during routine inmate checks,” the release reads.

“Emergency medical assistance was sought; however, the individual was pronounced deceased at the scene.”

RCMP are called in to investigate on behalf of the coroner’s office any time there’s a death involving a prisoner in a correctional facility. Police say there’s no evidence of foul play at this time.