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Edmonton maximum security prison inmate dead, found unresponsive in cell

The Edmonton Institution, a maximum security prison in Edmonton.
The Edmonton Institution, a maximum security prison in Edmonton. File/Global News

EDMONTON – The Correctional Service of Canada said it is reviewing the death of an inmate who was serving time at a maximum security prison in Edmonton.

Officials said Jason Croft, who was 38, was found unresponsive in his cell Wednesday at the Edmonton Institution.

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He was later pronounced dead at Fort Saskatchewan Hospital.

Croft had been serving a sentence since 2013 for drug, weapons and other offences.

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The correctional service said police and the medical examiner have also been notified.

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