Montreal

SQ investigating suspicious death of detainee in RDP detention centre

Provincial police are investigating the suspicious death of a detainee in Montreal's Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre.

Sûreté du Québec officers were called to centre Sunday morning

A close-up image of a Quebec police car with the logo on the door.
Sûreté du Québec officers were called to the detention centre Sunday morning. (Submitted by the Sûreté du Québec)

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is investigating the suspicious death of a detainee in Montreal's Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre.

The SQ says officers were called to the detention centre at around 11 a.m. Sunday.

The person was found unconscious in their cell and their death was confirmed on-site, according to Quebec provincial police.