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Quebec Region

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DEATH AT ARCHAMBAULT INSTITUTION

STE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Quebec, March 8, 2008 - On March 8, 2008, Pala Sandrasegarampillai, an inmate at the Federal Training Centre, died at the Archambault Institution regional hospital.

The physician from the Archambault Institution regional hospital pronounced the inmate’s death at 11:30 a.m.

Pala Sandrasegarampillai, 57, had been serving a life sentence for second-degree murder since February 10, 1989.

The Correctional Service of Canada will conduct an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the death.

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For further information, media representatives are asked to contact:

Jean-Yves Roy
Regional Manager, Media Relations
Correctional Service Canada
450-967-3350