New Brunswick’s coroner service has announced an inquest into the death of a 48-year-old inmate at a jail last year.
The independent service has scheduled hearings next month on the death of Jean-Martin Couture.
Couture was found unresponsive in his cell in September 2025 at the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre, located in northern New Brunswick by the Quebec boundary.
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He died at the Campbellton Regional Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025.
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A coroner’s inquest is a formal court proceeding where evidence is presented related to a death and where a jury can issue recommendations to prevent similar deaths.
The inquest will kick off July 6 at the Campbellton courthouse with jury selection, and is scheduled to run through to July 8.
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