2019-08-22 15:33:02
On August 20, 2019, Malcolm Latoski, an inmate from Millhaven Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2019-08-22 09:55:32
On August 16, 2019, Bernard King, an inmate from Warkworth Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
2019-08-21 16:59:59
At approximately 1 p.m. on August 21, 2019, inmate Ringo Carpenter was apprehended by the Winnipeg Police Service.
2019-08-21 12:32:54
On August 21, 2019 during the 7:30 a.m. count in the minimum security unit at Stony Mountain Institution, staff members discovered that offender Ringo (Dylan) Carpenter was not accounted for.
2019-08-21 12:09:15
On August 19, 2019, Michael Sarandou, an inmate from La Macaza Institution, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2019-08-21 11:07:21
On August 10 and 11, 2019, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum security institution.
2019-08-20 09:58:28
On August 15, 2019, Lydia Larivière, an inmate from Joliette Institution, died while in our custody.
2019-08-19 16:12:58
On August 16, 2019, Bradley Oliver, an inmate from Atlantic Institution died while in our custody.
2019-08-19 15:11:42
The lockdown put in place at Atlantic Institution on August 13, 2019 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed.
2019-08-19 10:47:12
On August 11, 2019, at about 10 a.m., Correctional Service Canada Staff in partnership with la Sûreté du Québec intercepted a vehicle on the perimeter of La Macaza Institution, a medium federal security facility.
2019-08-15 11:23:15
Today, at Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ontario the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Karen McCrimmon, officially relaunched the Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) farm employment program. She also provided an update on the implementation of operations, including the beginning of building the dairy cow herd.
2019-08-15 11:13:30
In June 2016, at the request of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, CSC launched a feasibility study to review the 2009 decision to close the two CSC penitentiary farm operations in the Kingston area. This study included public consultations.
2019-08-14 16:03:25
On August 13, 2019, at about 2:30 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at Atlantic Institution, a maximum-security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
2019-08-13 16:17:26
Karen McCrimmon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, will officially relaunch the penitentiary farm program.
2019-08-13 11:27:26
The lockdown put in place at the medium security unit at Drumheller Institution on August 4, 2019 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed.
2019-08-07 16:36:26
The lockdown put in place at Collin’s Bay Institution on July 31, 2019 ended on August 4, 2019. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
2019-08-06 11:33:06
On July 1, and July 30, 2019, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, two packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized; the first in the yard of the medium-security unit and the second in the minimum-security unit at Collins Bay Institution.
2019-08-06 10:36:37
On July 29, 2019 at about 1 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of a correctional officer, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized in the maximum security unit at Donnacona Institution.
2019-08-05 18:40:08
On August 4, 2019, Jason Claude Tremblay, an inmate from Drumheller Institution, died while in our custody.
2019-08-02 10:25:39
The measures put in place at Drumheller Institution on July 29, 2019, due to a Norovirus outbreak have been lifted.
2019-07-31 15:51:34
On July 28, 2019, at about 6:20 p.m., an inmate was found to have been victim of an assault at Atlantic Institution, a maximum-security federal institution. The injured inmate was evaluated by staff members and transported to an outside hospital to receive treatment.
2019-07-31 14:23:58
On July 30, 2019, Richard Larouche, an inmate from Federal Training Centre Institution, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
2019-07-30 14:52:40
Starting July 29, 2019, all visits to Drumheller Institution are suspended and a lockdown has been put in place pending further notice as a precautionary measure after some inmates showed symptoms associated with Norovirus.
2019-07-30 13:15:59
At approximately 5:20 p.m. on July 29, 2019, inmate Gordon Putnam was apprehended by the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) squad.
2019-07-29 16:06:14
On July 29, 2019, at about 12:23 p.m., a lockdown was put in place in the medium security unit at Collins Bay Institution to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.