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New clinic in Vernon hopes to catch missed FASD diagnoses among adults, including inmates
VERNON – A new clinic in Vernon is filling a province-wide gap for adults struggling…
Transgender inmate transferred from all-male Kamloops jail to female correctional centre
KAMLOOPS – For the first time under new protocol B.C. Corrections has transferred an inmate,…
Woman who attempted to smuggle drugs to Kamloops inmate gets jail after squandering second chance
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman who tried to smuggle drugs to her boyfriend in jail will serve a six-month jail sentence after leaving the drug rehabilitation program the courts ordered her to complete. Erin O’Morrow appeared by video in Kamloops Supreme Court today, Dec. 10, after breaching the conditions of an 18-month probation order Justice...
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...
Inquest postponed as RCMP investigates death of Kamloops inmate
KAMLOOPS - An inquest for an inmate who died at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre in November of last year has been pushed back pending further investigation from the Kamloops RCMP. Dylan Levi Judd, 20, was found unresponsive during a morning check at the jail Nov. 10, 2014. After an investigation by the RCMP and the...
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...
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...
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....