Homebrew led to death, illness of Joyceville inmates: Corrections ...

Homemade alcohol was likely behind the death of one inmate and the illness of three others in a federal prison near Kingston Ontario, Corrections Canada said Thursday.

Provincial police were called to the Joyceville Penitentiary at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after staff discovered four inmates in varying stages of medical distress.

All four had been drinking homemade alcohol, Corrections officials said.

The prison remained locked down pending the police investigation.

Christopher Morriseau, who was serving a sentence of two-years and nine-months for aggravated assault, was pronounced dead at the prison.

Three other inmates were taken to hospital, where one remained in critical condition and two were in serious condition.

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