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Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre
Second assault at Kamloops jail this week
KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel were on scene at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre for an inmate assault this morning, June 24. Dean Purdy, chair of the corrections and sheriffs services component of the B.C. Government and Service Employee’s Union, says an ambulance and fire truck arrived at the jail this morning. “The inmate-on-inmate violence occurs...
Inmate bites guard at Kamloops jail
KAMLOOPS - An officer at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre is still off work after sustaining a bite from an inmate during an assault Saturday evening. A statement from the Corrections branch of the Ministry of Justice says the inmate was being removed from his cell on April 25 when he bit the guard. RCMP...
Muslim files complaint after Kamloops jail told him to use a towel as a prayer mat
KAMLOOPS – A Muslim man has filed a human rights complaint alleging the staff at the Kamloops jail refused to allow him to practise his religion while he was behind bars.
Inmate preparing claim against Kamloops prison
KAMLOOPS – An inmate at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre is preparing a small claims suit against the prison because he says the conditions there are causing him stress. Matthew Robert Barber, who is currently in custody for mischief-related charges, filed the claim earlier this week, but it was filed improperly and a completed document...
Dead inmate connected to Penticton charges
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An inmate found dead at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre last week was waiting to face several charges in Penticton. Daryl Belseck, 52, was accused of assault, mischief under $5,000 and uttering threats on Dec 23. He was due to elect his mode of trial on Jan. 21, two days after he died....
UPDATE: Name released in second Kamloops prison death
KAMLOOPS - Investigators are examining the cause of an inmate death on Jan. 19 at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre. The B.C. Coroner's Service has confirmed the dead inmate as Daryl Vic Belseck, 52, and said the death is not considered suspicious. Cindy Rose, a spokesperson for B.C. Corrections, provided very little information, saying the inmate...
Two months later, family still has no answers how son died in Kamloops prison cell
"HOW CAN YOU LET HIM COME HOME BUT NOT TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?" KAMLOOPS - It's been two months since an Ontario family found out their 20-year-old son died in his cell at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, but they still have no information about how he died. Dylan Levi Judd's embalmed remains bore...
Investigation into prison death could lead to coroner’s inquest
KAMLOOPS – The investigation into an inmate’s death at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre continues, but it is too early to tell if the investigation will warrant a coroner’s inquest. On November 10, Dylan Levi Judd, 20, was found deceased during morning cell checks. Barb McLintock with the B.C. Coroner’s Service says inquests are mandatory...
Sex offender released in Kamloops heads for Vancouver
VICTORIA – A high-risk sex offender released in Kamloops earlier this week is heading for Vancouver instead of Cranbrook. B.C. Corrections issued a public notice Saturday, after Jason Beaudry, 37, changed his plan to live in the Kootenays, opting for the Lower Mainland instead. He was released from the Regional Correctional Centre in Kamloops on...
Name of deceased inmate released
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a 20-year-old Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre inmate found dead in his cell during a morning check November 10. He was Dylan Levi Judd, originally from Ontario. Judd was found unresponsive and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The investigation into Judd's death is ongoing....
Rocks, socks and sentencing
PENTICTON — A young Penticton man will face a couple years in a jail for creating a weapon out of socks and rocks. Anthony Leonard Donald Samuelson was found guilty of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon during trial. He pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching probation. Samuelson, 20, has been in custody...