2021-07-21 20:00:53
On July 20, 2021, Eugene Desjarlais, an inmate from Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum security federal institution, died while unlawfully at large following his escape from this facility on July 13, 2021.
2021-07-21 16:39:03
On July 20, 2021, at about 10 p.m., a number of inmates were involved in an altercation in the medium security unit at Drumheller Institution.
2021-07-21 15:52:32
On July 18th, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
2021-07-20 15:37:35
On July 18, 2021, Joseph Kostka, an inmate from Pacific Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
2021-07-19 08:50:02
On July 9, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
2021-07-16 17:51:40
On July 16, 2021, Shane Cantre, an inmate from the Regional Psychiatric Centre died while in our custody.
2021-07-16 14:36:30
On July 14, 2021, at about 12:30 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Matsqui Institution a medium security federal institution.
2021-07-15 16:22:04
On July 13, 2021, Murray John Hayton, an inmate from William Head Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2021-07-14 10:36:33
On July 10 and 11, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Archambault Institution, a federal multi-level security institution.
2021-07-13 09:58:21
On July 13, 2021, during the 3:10 a.m. security round, staff members at Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum security federal institution, discovered that Eugene Desjarlais was not accounted for.
2021-07-10 14:32:17
On July 9, 2021, Clinton McGeough, an inmate from Stony Mountain Institution died while in our custody.
2021-07-09 02:26:58
On July 8, 2021, at approximately 8:50 P.M., staff members observed inmate Monique Cardinal escape from the Buffalo Sage Wellness House.
2021-07-08 11:14:16
On July 4, 2021, due to the vigilance of staff members, packages containing unauthorized items were seized as a result of a suspected drone drop at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security facility.
2021-07-08 10:46:56
On July 3, 2021, at about 11:07 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized outside near the living units of the medium security unit at Bowden Institution.
2021-07-07 13:21:12
Today, Anne Kelly, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), issued the following statement: “I wanted to respond to an open letter and news release on Structured Intervention Units (SIUs), following a recent consultation that we hosted in the spirit of openness, collaboration and transparency.
2021-07-07 11:23:14
On July 6, 2021, Phillip Vince, an inmate from the Regional Psychiatric Centre died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2021-07-06 14:18:38
The health and safety of staff and inmates continues to be a top priority for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). There are currently zero inmate cases of COVID-19 in federal correctional institutions across the country and, as a result, CSC has started to gradually resume inmate visits.
2021-07-06 12:13:19
On July 3, 2021, Jimmy Partridge, an inmate from Millhaven Institution’s Regional Treatment Centre, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2021-07-06 11:49:57
On July 2, 2021, at about 4:00 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Matsqui Institution, a medium security federal institution.
2021-07-05 17:11:17
On July 1, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized in the recreation yard of the maximum security unit at Stony Mountain Institution.
2021-07-05 11:05:10
On July 1, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
2021-06-28 11:16:07
On June 23, 2021, due to the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized as a result of a suspected drone drop at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security facility.
2021-06-24 19:16:50
On June 22, 2021, at about 4:00 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband was seized in the medium security unit at Mission Institution.
2021-06-23 09:26:41
Over the course of the last two weeks, due to the vigilance of staff members, multiple packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security facility.
2021-06-18 15:53:10
On April 28, 2021, at about 1:00 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized on institutional grounds at the medium-security unit of Dorchester Penitentiary.
