2 men charged with murder of fellow inmate at Drumheller institution

Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a fellow inmate at Drumheller Institution on Sunday.

RCMP said on Sunday at 7:30 p.m., they responded to a stabbing at the prison.

Jason Claude Tremblay, 42, was taken to hospital, where he died.

Two inmates, 24-year-old Giovanni James Alexis and 23-year-old Richard George Paul, were both charged in relation to his death.

Tremblay was serving a four-year, nine-month sentence for possession and trafficking since March 27,stemming from a2014 charge in Medicine Hat after police seized more than 800 fentanyl pills.

The institution's medium security unit waslocked down to allow staff to conduct a forensic investigation, and an autopsy completed Tuesday confirmed Tremblay's death was caused by stab wounds.

No court date has been set, RCMP said.