Prisons Inside/Out podcast 

Episode 5: Behind the Badge: part 2 (medium security)

“It's different every day. It just doesn’t stop, it’s 24/7.” Correctional officers in federal prisons work hard to keep us safe. They work in shifts around the clock during days, weeknights, weekends and holidays.

In this episode of our podcast, we continue our three-part miniseries, Behind the Badge, with Don, a correctional officer in his 16th year of service with the Correctional Service of Canada. Follow along with Don, who takes us on a tour of the medium-security unit at Collins Bay Institution in the latest episode of Prisons Inside/Out. 

Published: May 21, 2024

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Episode 4: Behind the Badge: part 1 (maximum security)

“It wasn’t until I was in uniform that I realized how important this job is.” The work that correctional officers do can be challenging but also rewarding. They work hard to keep Canadians safe but also have a positive impact on the lives of those in our care and custody.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll meet some of them in a new three-part series, called Behind the Badge. In part one, we meet Victoria, who has worked inside a maximum-security prison for the last two years. Tune in to this episode to hear her story.

Published: April 19, 2024

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Episode 3: Celebrating women in corrections

Join us for this episode where we talk with two very special guests: CSC Commissioner Anne Kelly and CSC Deputy Commissioner of Indigenous Corrections, Kathy Neil. We’ll hear from them about the path that led to their successful careers, the challenges they overcame, and talk about what it’s really like being a woman leader in corrections, in their own words. 

Published: March 4, 2024

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Episode 2: Maximum, minimum, and everything in between

Over the last several months, we’ve heard a lot about the transfer of offenders between different security levels in federal prisons. In this episode, we are diving into the details on how and why exactly these transfers can happen.

Tune in as Kory Abrams, Assistant Warden of Interventions, takes us behind-the-scenes to break down the operations of inmate transfers, security classifications, and everything else that falls in between.

Published: January 25, 2024

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Episode 1: CSC 101: Introduction to federal corrections

Have you ever wondered what it’s like beyond the walls of our federal prison system in Canada?

In this first episode of Prisons Inside/Out, we answer some of your most frequently asked questions to explore just that. Join us as we take a deep dive into Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and investigate the complexities and myths that surround our system.

Published: December 21, 2023

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