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Assault of Drumheller Institution inmate under investigation

Nov 29, 2018 | 3:58 PM

RCMP and Correctional Service of Canada are investigating the assault of an inmate at the Drumheller Institution Thursday morning.

At about 8:00 a.m., Corrections officials say an inmate was found to have been the victim of an assault in the medium security unit at Drumheller Institution, adding the injured inmate was evaluated by staff members and transported to an outside hospital to receive treatment.

However, no staff members or other inmates were injured during the incident according to officials.

A lockdown of the medium security unit has now been ordered by the Warden and visits have been suspended. Normal operations are anticipated to resume when it is considered safe to do so.