Charges have been laid in connection to the death of an inmate in 2021 at the Regina Correctional Centre.

February 8th that year a 38-year-old man at the Regina Correctional Centre went into medical distress and was later declared deceased.

The RCMP investigation, in consultation with the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, determined another man provided cocaine to the deceased prior to him going into medical distress.

Forty-two-year-old Mitch Schoffer from Moose Jaw was in court yesterday charged with one count, manslaughter and one count, trafficking cocaine,