DORCHESTER, N.B. – The Correctional Service of Canada is investigating the death of a 70-year-old inmate at a New Brunswick prison.
The federal agency said John Allain was found unresponsive in the bedroom of his living unit at the Westmorland Institution in Dorchester on Wednesday.
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It said correctional officers performed CPR and emergency services were called, but Allain could not be revived.
The agency did not issue a news release on the death until Friday. It did not return a request for comment.
Allain began serving a five-year sentence at the minimum-security facility last March for indecent assault of a female and sexual interference with a female under the age of 14.
The release said police and the coroner have been notified.
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