© Liam Richards Curtis McKenzie, who signed a section 810 order after a statutory release from federal corrections in 2017, in the lobby of the Star Phoenix building in Saskatoon, SK on Friday, October 4, 2019.

A 27-year-old man who was an inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary died on Monday.

The Correctional Service of Canada said in a media release that Curtis McKenzie, 27, died while in its custody.

The CSC said McKenzie had been serving a federal sentence of two years and one day for breach of recognizance and break and enter (not a dwelling house). The sentence had started on May 30, 2018.

McKenzie’s next of kin have been notified.

While free on statutory release last fall, McKenzie spoke with The StarPhoenix about his experience being subject to a peace bond under section 810 of the criminal code, in an effort to educate others about section 810 orders .

In 2017, while McKenzie was out of custody on conditions during a previous sentence, he was involved in an incident in which Saskatoon police tried to pull him out of the South Saskatchewan River and he tried to flee.

While in court after the incident, he explained there were bandages covering his face because he had become suicidal while in solitary confinement and cut his nose off while in custody at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary .

The CSC said it will review the circumstances of McKenzie’s death and police and the Saskatchewan Coroners’ Service will be notified in accordance with CSC policy.

— With files from Thia James and Bre McAdam