The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad has arrested and charged an individual after the death of an inmate at Bath Institution.
Officials with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) contacted the OPP shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 24 to report that an inmate had been seriously assaulted at the facility and was pronounced deceased a short time later.
The deceased has been identified as Darren Phillip Rouse, age 55.
As a result of the investigation, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, and in conjunction with CSC, Dwayne Dilleon, age 40, also an inmate, has been charged with First Degree Murder under section 235(1) of the Criminal Code.
The accused remains in custody and is scheduled to make an appearance, by video, before the Ontario Court of Justice in Napanee today.