The Women’s Correctional Centre is located in Headingley. (Government of Manitoba)
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Manitoba's Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an investigation into the death of a 40-year-old woman in police custody.
On Friday at the Women’s Correctional Centre, a woman in her 40s died.
"This is the first death in custody to occur at the Women’s Correctional Centre since it opened in 2012," Manitoba Justice says in a statement.
The province says her family has been notified and will not be releasing further details for privacy reasons.
The correctional facility houses a maximum of 196 offenders.
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