Federal penitentiary near Kingston under lockdown after inmate death

JOYCEVILLE, Ont. – A federal penitentiary northeast of Kingston is under lockdown after the death of an inmate.

Assistant warden Lorrie Oddie says 36-year-old David Hagen, a prisoner in the medium-security unit at Joyceville Institution, was found unresponsive in his cell today.

Oddie says staff performed CPR until paramedics arrived but the inmate couldn’t be resuscitated.

Hagen was serving a sentence of seven years, four months and 15 days for possession of a weapon, assaulting a peace officer and assault causing bodily harm.

Police and the coroner have been notified and Correctional Service Canada will review the circumstances of his death.

The medium security unit was placed in lockdown while staff conduct a search to ensure the facility was safe and secure.