A public inquest into the death of Jayzen Night will be held this week starting tomorrow at the Travelodge on Circle Drive in Saskatoon.

Twenty-one-year-old Night was found unresponsive in his cell at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre on February 8, 2023. EMS was called and staff began life-saving efforts. EMS arrived and he was pronounced deceased.

The Coroners Act states that the Chief Coroner shall hold an inquest into the death of a person who dies while an inmate at a jail or a correctional facility, unless the coroner is satisfied that the person’s death was due entirely to natural causes and was not preventable.

The purpose of an inquest is to establish who died, when and where that person died and the medical cause and manner of death. The coroner’s jury may make recommendations to prevent similar deaths.

Coroner Brent Gough, K.C. will preside at the inquest.