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Person died in custody at provincial facility on P.E.I., coroner's office says

Details about when, where and how the individual died have not been released.

This is second time someone has died in custody on P.E.I. this year

Red and blue lights illuminate the top of a police cruiser.
Details about when, where and how the individual died have not been released. (James Morrison-Collalto/CBC)

A person has died while in custody at a provincial facility on P.E.I., the coroner's office says.

Details about when, where and how the individual died have not been released.

The P.E.I. Coroner's Officesays it is investigating the death.

It is still unclear if an inquest will take place.

This is the second death in custody this year after an involuntary patient died at Prince County Hospital in Summerside back in February.