One inmate dead in Canadian prison riot in Saskatchewan
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CALGARY - One inmate died and eight others were injured as a result of a prison riot in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan, Correctional Service Canada said on Thursday.
Inmate Jason Leonard Bird, 43, died in hospital from injuries sustained during the riot, which broke out in the medium security unit of the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary in Prince Albert on Wednesday evening.
Prison officers fired shots to regain control of the situation, leaving six inmates with non life-threatening injuries, CSC said in a statement.
As officers secured the prison they discovered a further three prisoners with injuries apparently caused by assaults by other inmates, one of whom was Bird.
