On August 12, 2017, Jessi Phillip Loyie, an inmate from Pê Sâkâstêw Centre in Maskwacis died while in custody.

Pê Sâkâstêw Centre is a minimum security facility where inmates live in residential houses, it promotes a healing process based on Aboriginal culture.

At the time of his death, Mr. Loyie, 33 years old, had been serving a sentence of 5 years, 4 months since May 30, 2014 for Possession of Schedule I/II Substances for Purposes of Trafficking, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited/Restricted Weapon, Possession of a Weapon Contrary to Prohibition Order, Failure to Comply with Conditions Under a Recognizance Order.

As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the police and the coroner have been notified, and Correctional Service Canada will review the circumstances of the incident.