May 14, 2015 – Bath, Ontario – Correctional Service Canada
On May 14, 2015, Richard Chatelain, an inmate at the Regional Treatment Centre in Bath Institution was found unresponsive in his cell.
Staff members immediately began performing CPR and emergency services were called. The inmate could not be resuscitated.
At the time of his death, Mr. Chatelain, 58 years-old, had been serving an indeterminate sentence for second degree murder and sexual assault since October 3, 2003.
The inmate’s next of kin have been notified of his death.
As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the police and the coroner have been notified, and Correctional Service Canada will review the circumstances of the incident.
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Michele Vermette
Assistant Warden Management Services
Bath Institution
613-351-8033
