Coroner, RCMP investigating death of man at Fort Smith jail

(CKLB file photo).

A 27-year-old man died at the Fort Smith Correctional Facility on Monday.

The NWT Coroner Service has announced it is investigating the death along with RCMP.

According to the coroner, the man was alone in his cell when he died and the deaht is not considered suspicious.

According to CBC, the territorial government’s department of justice is also investigating internally.

This is the fourth death at the facility since 1995.

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Francis Tessier-Burns
Francis was a reporter with CKLB from January 2019 to March 2023. In his time with CKLB, he had the immense pleasure and honour of learning about northern Indigenous cultures.