The Correctional Service of Canada announced "Diverse Needs; Unique Responses" as the theme for Restorative Justice Week 2012, which will take place Nov. 18-25, 2012. Also taking place during the upcoming week are the National Restorative Justice Symposium in Winnipeg, Man., from Nov. 18-20, 2012 and the presentation of the National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice … Read more
The Correctional Service of Canada held a Change of Command Ceremony at the Regional Psychiatric Centre. This occasion marked the change in command from the outgoing executive director Lynn McMurtry to the incoming executive director Shawn Bird. The full press release is available online. Call 306-975-5082.
As a result of the vigilance of correctional staff at Leclerc Institution, a medium-security federal penitentiary located in Laval, QC, objects with suspicious content were recovered on the perimeter of the institution. Upon inspection, a total of 900 grams of tobacco, a cell phone with a charger and 100 pills of anabolic steroids was concealed … Read more
The Correctional Service of Canada announced a new partnership with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in Ontario to build a modular home for residents of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. CSC commissioner Don Head said that the Correctional Service of Canada is continuing to take action to provide employment and employability skills training to offenders, … Read more
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, MB) attended a demonstration by drug detector dogs and their handlers at Stony Mountain Institution near Winnipeg, MB. Toews observed first-hand how the government is contributing to safer communities by reducing the flow of illicit drugs into Canada's federal correctional institutions. The detector dog program is used at Correctional Service … Read more
The Correctional Service of Canada said that it held an official Change of Command Ceremony at the Donnacona Institution in Quebec. The CSC said the occasion marked the change in command from the outgoing Warden Sylvie Patenaude to incoming Warden Marc Lanoie. The CSC also said the ceremony highlights the importance of being the leader … Read more
The Correctional Service of Canada held a Change of Command Ceremony at which it announced the leaving of District Director Don Kynoch and the coming of District Director Dan Erickson. Call 204-983-6558.
The Correctional Service of Canada held a Change of Command Ceremony at Willow Cree Healing Lodge marking the change in command from the outgoing A/Executive Director, Lawrence Burnouf to the incoming Executive Director, Trent Mitchell. Call 306-467-1200.
The Correctional Service of Canada announced that its staff seized a package of contraband, believed to be marijuana, from a visitor who attended Bowden Institution in Alberta on Tuesday. The value of the package is approximately $13,000. Call 403-227-7346.
Conservative MP Shelly Glover (Saint-Boniface, MB), on behalf of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, MB), announced $73 million to expand federal institutions in Cowansville and Donnacona, involving the construction of two new 96-bed living units at Cowansville Institution and a new 96-bed living unit at Donnacona Institution. It is anticipated that the new living … Read more
