The Correctional Service of Canada says it is investigating the death of 34-year-old inmate at the Edmonton Institution.
Ryan Groothuis, 37, died Monday, Correctional Services of Canada said in a statement Tuesday.
Corrections Canada offered few details but said it will review the circumstances of the death inside the maximum-security facility.
Groothuis had been serving a sentence of more than three years for robbery and attempted indictable offence. He had been in custody since June 19, 2017.
Groothuis’s family has been notified.