Northumberland OPP and Correctional Services of Canada investigated a reported assault on Jan. 16 at the prison.

Correctional Service Canada ordered the lockdown and search of the prison on Jan. 22.

The Manitoba government is closing what it says is the oldest correctional centre in the province and the City of Dauphin calls it a devastating move.

The inquest, set to begin at 9 a.m. on Feb. 24 and last 12 days, will probe the events surrounding the deaths of Floyd Deleary, 39, Justin Thompson, 27, and Murray James Davis, 24.

The union representing correctional officers at Warkworth Institution claims the prison has had 566 incidents deemed "acts of aggression" so far this year.

Officials said six offenders were caught on a body scanner trying to smuggle contraband into the Regina Correctional Centre.

Ex-gang members say there is a stark difference between the federal and provincial corrections systems, meaning harder crimes could lead to easier time.

"It has been very hard for us to understand why he was on day parole if he was considered to be so dangerous."

Graduates will be deployed to 15 adult correctional facilities.

Kingston police said an inmate receiving medical attention at KGH grabbed a correctional officer's gun and fired it twice — one person was shot.