Ontario Provincial Police are leading an investigation into the death Saturday of an inmate from the Bath Institution, west of Kingston.
In a release, OPP said the 49-year-old inmate was found shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday “in medical distress in his cell.”
The man was transported to a local hospital, then airlifted to a trauma centre in Toronto.
The man was pronounced dead on Saturday.
“A postmortem examination will be conducted to determine the cause of death,” police said.
The OPP-led Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad is investigating the death, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.
Investigators are also working closely with the Office of the Chief Coroner, the Forensic Pathology Service and Correctional Service of Canada, with support from the OPP Forensic Identification Service.
