October 15, 2015 – Dorchester, New Brunswick – Correctional Service Canada
On October 14, 2015, Robert Lionel Hatt, an inmate from the medium security unit at Dorchester Penitentiary 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. Hatt, 54 years old, had been serving an indeterminate sentence since April 2, 2008 for Fail to Comply with Probation Order and Assault with a Weapon.
The inmate’s next of kin have been notified of his death.
As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, Correctional Service Canada will review the circumstances of the incident.
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Daniel Melanson
Media spokesperson
Dorchester Penitentiary
(506) 872-1189
