Officials at a correctional facility in Nova Scotia are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man who was found unresponsive in his cell.
Correctional Service Canada said Wednesday that Gary Leigh Sloan was found at lunchtime Tuesday at the Springhill Institution, but offered few other details.
Spokeswoman Shannon Oickle said she didn't know how he died or if he was alone in the cell at the time.
She said Sloan was found by guards doing their rounds and that medical staff did CPR and emergency services were called, but that he could not be resuscitated.
Oickle said the medium-security facility was also locked down Wednesday after certain information came to light, but that the death was not related to the restrictions.
She wouldn't reveal the nature of the information, but said all of the prisoners were confined to their cells and that visits were cancelled while a search of the facility was done.
"When we get intelligence that things are going on, the warden decides to do a search to make sure that things are safe," she said.
"So we keep them in their cells, we feed them in their cells until we can get things back to normal."
Corrections officials said police and the coroner have been notified, and that Correctional Service Canada is reviewing the incident.
No one from the Springhill police was available for comment.
Oickle said Sloan had been sentenced to five years and four months in June 2013 for offences that included driving under the influence, armed robbery and possession of a weapon.
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