Correctional Service Canada

• Paul Bernardo transfer: Prison officials ‘intervened’ to stop public statement

  Documents show that Correctional Service Canada stopped Paul Bernardo from having his lawyer make a statement to the media as controversy swirled around his prison transfer.

  Canada

  Oct 25
  
• Prison overdose prevention program expands to Ontario

  While Canada battles with an opioid epidemic, Corrections Canada is looking at how to address the same issue with its prisons.

  Canada

  Sep 14
  
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• CSC staff ‘worried the circus would begin’ before Bernardo transfer: emails

  A series of emails from Correctional Service Canada employees detail worry about the 'optics' and potential 'circus' around Paul Bernardo's prison transfer.

  Canada

  Jul 21
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• Change ‘incomprehensible’ laws in Bernardo transfer: lawyer for victims’ families

  The families of two of serial killer Paul Bernardo are calling for changes to confinement standards in the wake of Bernardo's prisoner transfer being called "sound."

  Canada

  Jul 20
• Toronto car-bomber, convicted killer dies in prison: investigation launched

  A Kingston man recently sentenced to life in prison for several brutal crimes died in prison at Millhaven Institution on Wednesday.

  Crime

  Jul 6
• Convicted killer who escaped from federal prison caught after 4 years on the lam

  Correctional Service Canada said Denis Bégin had been recaptured Monday by police in Montreal after being at large for 51 months.

  Crime

  May 19
• N.B. murderer who spent 5 decades in prison dies at Dorchester Penitentiary

  Convicted murderer Melvin Miller, who spent 51 years in prison, has died at the Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. A cause of death was not released.

  Canada

  Mar 18
• Dangerous offender with sexual assault history released in Calgary

  Norman Robert Brown was released Thursday after serving a two-year sentence for sexual assault. Brown is also under a 10-year long-term supervision order.

  Crime

  Mar 16
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• Package containing contraband seized at Warkworth Institution

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

  Crime

  Mar 14
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• Edmonton prison officer charged with sexual assault involving female inmate

  Edmonton police were told that a male correctional program officer had confined and sexually assaulted an adult female inmate in January 2022.

  Canada

  Mar 3