Correctional Services Canada

• Weapons, cellphones, drugs among $112K in contraband seized at N.B. prison

  Seized items included handmade alcohol, edged weapons, vaping devices, cellphones, a USB key, and a USB card reader.

  Canada

  Sep 4
  
• Methamphetamine among drugs seized at Donnacona Institution in Quebec

  Correctional Services Canada says staff at the Donnacona Institution seized various contraband worth tens of thousands of dollars.

  Crime

  Dec 24, 2025
  
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• More than $100K in drugs, other contraband seized at Stony Mountain prison

  Police have been notified after drugs and other contraband -- with an estimated institutional value of $108,520 -- were seized at a prison.

  Crime

  Jul 25, 2025
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• Inmate who escaped from prison in Laval, Que. back in custody

  Correctional Services Canada issued a release Saturday morning saying 51-year-old Tamusi Angiyou was unaccounted for during the 10:45 p.m. count.

  Crime

  Aug 31, 2024
• Correctional officer assaulted at Collins Bay Institution, inmate charged

  A correctional officer was rushed to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries after an assault at the Bath Road prison shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2023
• Millhaven inmate dies after serious assault

  The OPP's penitentiary squad is investigating an assault at Millhaven Institution that left a 29-year-old inmate dead.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2023
• Prison workers picket outside Joyceville Institution amid contract negotiations

  With over two years having passed since the end of their last contract, negotiations are going poorly between unionized prison employees and the Treasury Board of Canada.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2022
• Corrections makes significant contraband bust at Collins Bay Institution

  Items seized in mid-June include 546 g of cannabis, 60 g of cannabis concentrate, 1 g of crystal meth and over 1,200 g of tobacco.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2022
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• Man serving life sentence for vicious killing of Montreal teen granted supervised outings

  The Parole Board approved requests from the man who killed Brigitte Serre, agreeing to supervised family visits over the next year, along with weekly outings for community service.

  Crime

  Apr 7, 2022
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• COVID outbreak declared at Joyceville Institution in Kingston, Ont.

  Correctional Services Canada says an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared among the inmate population at Joyceville Institution north of Kingston, Ont. 

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2022