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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DEATH AT DORCHESTER PENITENTIARY

DORCHESTER, NB, January 21, 2008 - An inmate from Dorchester Penitentiary died of natural causes Saturday, January 19, 2008, at the Moncton Hospital. He has been identified as David Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey, who was 64 years old, was serving a seven-year sentence for sex related offences.

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