Correctional Service Of Canada

• Correctional officer, inmate charged in smuggling operation at Collins Bay Institution

  A Kingston correctional officer and an inmate face charges, accused of smuggling drugs, weapons and contraband into Collins Bay Institution.

  Crime

  Aug 27, 2024
  
• Man who randomly stabbed Mexican tourist at Tim Hortons back living in Vancouver

  David Morin, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to three years in prison in June 2022.

  Crime

  Jun 14, 2024
  
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• More transparency needed after high-profile prison transfers: ex-watchdog

  Howard Sapers, a former Correctional Investigator of Canada, says Canadians deserve to know more about the law and why corrections officials make their decisions.

  Canada

  May 19, 2024
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• Man escapes from central Edmonton minimum-security facility

  A man serving time for robbery, break and enter and theft under $5,000 escaped from a minimum-security facility in central Edmonton over the weekend.

  Crime

  Apr 29, 2024
• Basil Borutski, Ontario man who killed 3 women in 2015, dies in prison: CSC

  Basil Borutski, 66, was serving an indefinite sentence at Millhaven Institution at the time of his death on Thursday, March 28.

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2024
• ‘Gross mismanagement’: Repairs to leaky pipes at B.C. prison took 4 years

  It took nearly four years to fix pipes at a Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford that were leaking chemically treated water into the ground.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2024
• Report into Myles Sanderson finds intake, mental health gaps in corrections system

  The committee investigating Myles Sanderson and the 2022 mass stabbing at James Smith Cree Nation says corrections and parole staff could not have prevented the tragedy.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2024
• Inmate escapes from healing lodge in Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation

  Police are searching for Nigel Ferster who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum-security federal institution.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2024
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• Police, coroner notified following death of inmate at Saskatchewan penitentiary

  Rocky Meechance, who was an inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, died on Jan. 29 while in custody. Police and coroner have been notified.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2024
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• Over $170K of contraband seized at Saskatchewan Penitentiary recently

  Staff members seized $170,566 of contraband and unauthorized items such as methamphetamine, THC, and SIM cards at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary late last week.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2024