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Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre

Inmate busted after checking in to jail with $600 worth of meth

KAMLOOPS - An inmate at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre will spend an extra four months in jail after he was found to be in possession of methamphetamine. Christopher Robert Hubley, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a controlled substance today, Nov. 26 in Kamloops Provincial Court. Federal Crown prosecutor Anthony Varesi said when...

Man who attacked sheriff, corrections officer escapes lengthy jail sentence

KAMLOOPS — A local homeless man narrowly avoided a lengthy federal prison sentence for his attacks on peace officers and making a threat against a witness. Matthew Charles David Hein, 28, pleaded guilty to three charges in Kamloops Provincial Court today, Oct. 29. All the offences occurred while Hein was serving a sentence at Kamloops...

Kamloops jail has highest number in the province for in-custody deaths

KAMLOOPS - Since August 2014 there have been four in-custody death’s at six regional provincial jails, three of which were in Kamloops according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  The number went from three to four on Monday, Sept. 21 with the latest death in Kamloops but details of the case, including the inmate’s...

UPDATE: Inmate dies at Kamloops jail; third in less than a year

KAMLOOPS - Another inmate has died at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, making it the third to occur in a year.  Details surrounding the case are still being confirmed, but Dean Purdy, chair of corrections and sheriffs services component of the B.C. Government and Service Employee’s Union, confirmed the death occurred Monday night, Sept. 21....

SNELSON TRIAL: Killer’s sentence depends on finding of sexual assault argument

KAMLOOPS —It’s been almost 22 years since the night Neil Snelson killed college student Jennifer Cusworth after a party in Kelowna in 1993 and now Cusworth's family has one week left to find out how long he'll spend in prison. The 19-year-old Cusworth was found dead in a ditch on Swamp Road in Kelowna in...

Flagging violent inmates viewed as interim solution

KAMLOOPS - An order to flag violent inmates at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre may help prevent workplace violence, but it might not do much to curb the underlying issues. The WorkSafe B.C. order to readily identify inmates with a history of violence is a soft approach to the daily safety issues officers face in...

Family hopes inquest will dispel mystery surrounding death of Kamloops inmate

KAMLOOPS - This winter an east coast family hopes to get answers on what caused the death of Dylan Levi Judd — an inmate found dead in a Kamloops jail cell last year. The B.C. Coroners service will hold an inquest on the deceased this November. Twenty-year-old Judd was found unresponsive in his cell during...

Kamloops jail ordered to flag inmates with a history of violence: WorkSafe B.C.

KAMLOOPS - WorkSafe B.C. ordered administrators at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre to flag or identify violent offenders after an inspector discovered there wasn't a proper system in place to warn corrections officers of a potential assault. Inspector Vincent Strain prepared his report and order to create a new flagging system after an inmate assaulted...