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Inmate dies in custody at Bowden Institution

The Bowden Institution medium security facility near Bowden, Alta., Thursday, March 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says an inmate at the Bowden Institution in central Alberta has died while in custody.

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Officials say Logan Mitchell, 26, died on Thursday.

Mitchell had been serving a three-year sentence for multiple offences including possession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking, according to a CSC news release.

As is customary with the death of an inmate, CSC said it will conduct a review of the circumstances surrounding the death.

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