2021-03-05 11:28:32
Today, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced an update on its Penitentiary Farm Program, which runs at Joyceville and Collins Bay Institutions in Kingston, Ontario. Offenders involved in the program have had the opportunity to learn technical, transferable and soft skills through their involvement in on-the-job and vocational training associated with the farming operations.
2021-03-04 14:46:24
On February 25, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, two packages containing unauthorized items were seized at Atlantic Institution, a maximum security federal institution.
2021-03-03 23:38:28
On February 26, 2021, at approximately 7:00 pm, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband was seized on the perimeter of Collins Bay institution, a multi-level security facility.
2021-03-02 19:17:37
On February 28, 2021, at approximately 7:45pm, three staff members were assaulted at Grand Valley Institution, a multi-level security federal institution. The injured staff members were evaluated and treated at an outside hospital.
2021-03-02 10:46:54
On March 2, 2021, Dwayne Simard, an inmate from Stony Mountain Institution died while in our custody.
2021-03-01 16:22:15
On February 27, 2021, Dale Jones, an inmate from Mission Institution died while in our custody.
2021-02-24 15:09:46
On February 19 and 20, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, two packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a federal medium-security facility.
2021-02-24 13:43:11
In recent weeks, as the result of the vigilance of staff members, two packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Drummond Institution, a federal medium-security facility.
2021-02-24 13:21:34
On February 23, 2021, Serge Robin, an inmate from Archambault Institution, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
2021-02-23 11:01:44
OTTAWA, February 23, 2021 – Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) issued the following statement on its COVID-19 response and the Correctional Investigator’s (OCI) report released today:
2021-02-19 17:19:00
On February 15th, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
2021-02-19 11:07:34
On February 14, 2021, at approximately 6:40 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband was seized on the perimeter of Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security facility.
2021-02-18 11:31:20
On February 17, 2021, Bruce Allan Kaiser, an inmate from Stony Mountain Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2021-02-17 16:29:50
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) advises that 30 inmates recently tested positive for COVID-19 at the minimum-security unit of Archambault Institution in Quebec. We are closely monitoring the situation and measures are in place to minimize spread of the virus within the institution.
2021-02-14 09:09:27
At approximately 4:45 a.m. on February 14, 2021, inmate David Everett Alexson was apprehended by the Sûreté du Québec, Matawinie RCM.
2021-02-12 17:52:49
On February 11, 2021, at about 4:00 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at Mountain institution, a medium security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
2021-02-12 12:55:58
On February 6, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security unit.
2021-02-10 22:18:40
On February 10, 2021, at approximately 6:00 p.m., inmate David Everett Alexson was seen by staff leaving the Waseskun Healing Lodge, a community residential center and minimum security facility.
2021-02-08 19:08:00
The lockdown put in place at the medium security unit at Mission Institution on January 28, 2021, has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
2021-02-05 17:03:29
On February 4, 2021, Ricky Gervil, an inmate from Donnacona Institution, died while in our custody at Archambault Institution of natural causes following an illness.
2021-02-05 10:13:16
On February 3, 2021, at about 8:30 p.m., a partial lockdown was put in place at Kent Institution, a maximum security federal institution, following an inmate assault incident.
2021-02-04 17:03:55
On January 31, at approximately 9:15 pm, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized on the perimeter of Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security facility.
2021-02-02 13:59:03
On February 1, 2021, Hardisty Ballantyne, an inmate from Stony Mountain Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
2021-02-01 15:09:43
On January 30 2021, René Filion, an inmate from Archambault Institution, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
2021-01-30 12:34:13
On January 30, 2021, Wayne Begley, an inmate from Millhaven institution- Regional Treatment Centre, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
