The Correctional Service of Canada has released information on an assault that happened at one of its New Brunswick prisons on Valentine’s Day.
According to a press release from Correctional Service Canada (CSC), at 9:30 p.m., on Feb. 14, an inmate at the Atlantic Institution was found to have been assaulted.
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CSC says that the injured inmate was transported to an outside hospital to receive treatment.
Corrections says no one else was injured in the incident at the maximum security facility.
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RCMP are investigating and say that the assailant has been identified.
The corrections service says that “appropriate actions” have been taken as a result of the incident. They did not offer any details on what those actions may include.
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