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DEATH AT DRUMMOND INSTITUTION

DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec, May 22, 2008 - At around 11:43 a.m. on May 21, 2008, Gilles Lafleur, an inmate at Drummond Institution, a medium-security federal penitentiary, died as a result of a long illness at the Archambault Institution hospital.

Gilles Lafleur was 73 years of age and had been serving a life sentence since December 12, 1974, for murder and forcible confinement.

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

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For further information, media representatives are asked to contact:

Edith Brouillard
Assistant Warden, Management Services
Drummond Institution
819-477-5112 ext. 210