The death of an inmate in their 50s at a P.E.I. provincial corrections facility is under investigation by RCMP, according to a news release.

Police were called at around 5:15 a.m. Thursday after the person was “discovered unresponsive during routine inmate checks,” the release reads.

“Emergency medical assistance was sought; however, the individual was pronounced deceased at the scene.”

RCMP are called in to investigate on behalf of the coroner’s office any time there’s a death involving a prisone…