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Staff located and seized contraband and other unauthorized items at the medium-security prison in the municipality of Trent Hills, located 60 kilometres southeast of Peterborough.

Two people were arrested near Warkworth Institution after prison officials intercepted a drone which they say was attempting to deliver contraband early Friday, Feb. 2.

The Correctional Service of Canada say on Oct. 17, staff located quantities of tobacco and marijuana at the prison — the second reported seized of contraband in less than a month.

The Correctional Service of Canada says a two-day search of the prison in late September led to the seizure of tobacco, crystal meth, cellphones and accessories.

The 10-day search of Warkworth Institution located drugs, stabbing weapons and other items.

The Correctional Service of Canada says a lockdown was put in place on Aug. 1 at the medium-level federal prison to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.

On May 28, an inmate suffered serious injuries during an incident at Warkworth Institution, a federal prison southeast of Peterborough. The inmate died Saturday.

According to the Correctional Service of Canada, on May 28 an inmate was assaulted at the medium-level federal prison located 60 kilometres southwest of Peterborough.

On May 14, staff located and seized contraband and unauthorized items at the medium-level federal prison about 60 kilometres southwest of Peterborough.

On March 14, staff at the prison located a package containing fentanyl, methamphetamine, cellphones and accessories.

The seizure is the third reported this year and the first since a suspected drone dropped a package containing contraband in early February.

The latest seizure of contraband at the prison included crystal meth, tobacco and marijuana.

The loss of sales however doesn’t just hurt convenience stores. Illicit trade takes millions of dollars away in provincial tax revenue that support B.C. social programs.

Items seized during Jan. 1-6 searches of the medium-sized federal prison near Peterborough, Ont., included "unknown" pills, a stabbing weapon, cellphones and tattoo paraphernalia,

The lockdown was implemented at Mountain Institution to enable staff members to conduct an ‘exceptional search.’

In the package seized were quantities of marijuana, crystal meth, fentanyl and tobacco.

The federal prison is still allowing visitors.

More than 130 Canadian charities have benefited from upwards of $129,000 generated over the last two years by some of this country’s most unexpected philanthropists — federal inmates, many of whom are serving life sentences for murder and have limited opportunities to earn money yet choose to give away what they have to those less fortunate.

On Wednesday, CSC announced that as part of the first phase of the vaccine rollout plan, 600 medically vulnerable federal inmates will receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Families, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples call for inmates nearing the end of their sentence to be released as COVID-19 takes hold in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.