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Investigation into inmate death at Bowden Institution

The Bowden Institution is a medium and minimum security facility, located along the QEII Highway in Innisfail, Alberta. Global News

Correctional Service Canada will investigate the death of an inmate at the Bowden Institution in central Alberta.

Juan Wiens, 34, was found unresponsive in a living unit on Tuesday.

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Staff members immediately started CPR.

Emergency services were called, but the man could not be resuscitated.

Wiens was serving a three-year sentence for driving offences.

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