Correctional Service Canada says a 27-year-old man has died while serving a sentence at a New Brunswick prison.
The federal agency says Ryan Richard died on Wednesday at the Atlantic Institution, but it released few details about what happened.
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The men’s prison is a maximum security facility in the rural community of Renous, N.B., about 30 kilometres northwest of Miramichi, N.B.
The correctional service said in a statement it will review the circumstances surrounding his death, as they do with all cases involving deaths of inmates in federal custody.
The 27-year-old began his sentence of two years and one day on Aug. 14, 2024.
The agency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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