Prison

• Convicted murderer who escaped from Kingston prison recaptured

  Joshua Kenneth Kohl, 42, is serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder, and is being held in the minimum security unit.

  Crime

  May 17
  
• Millhaven Institution warden talks about structured intervention units

  Millhaven Institution is making strides to get more modern when it comes to the necessary isolation of some prisoners, and it comes in the form of structured intervention units.

  Canada

  May 10
  
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• Four inmates hospitalized after stabbing at Matsqui Institution

  In a media release, police said they were called to the Matsqui Institution shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday to reports of a stabbing.

  Crime

  May 1
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• 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
• Staff at B.C. prison bust another backpack-wearing pigeon

  Unlike a similar pigeon caught on the grounds of the nearby Pacific Institution in December which was carrying methamphetamine, this pigeon's backpack was empty.

  Crime

  Mar 16
• Contraband seizure made at Collins Bay Institution

  Correctional workers at Kingston, Ont.'s Collins Bay Institution made a significant drug seizure earlier this month.

  Crime

  Mar 14
• Final submissions made in decade-old Millhaven Institution assault case

  More than 10 years after it happened, the case of a corrections officer charged with assault with a weapon is nearing a close as final submissions were made Thursday.

  Crime

  Mar 9
• Man behind bars for sex crimes dies at Manitoba federal prison

  An inmate serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence for sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching died Saturday at Stony Mountain Institution.

  Crime

  Mar 6
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• Mother of Vernon woman killed by boyfriend reacts to documentary about the death

  Christy Gendron, the mother of Ashley Wadsworth, was one of the first people to see the film. She hopes it will help others see the signs of toxic relationships and domestic abuse.

  Features

  Mar 5
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• New numbers show New Brunswick continues to have high remand rates

  According to a report by Statistics Canada, nearly two of every three people incarcerated in New Brunswick have not yet been sentenced.

  Crime

  Feb 27