2017-2018 Departmental plan: Supporting information on lower-level programs

Supporting information on lower-level programs is available on the CSC's website.

The Custody Program contributes to public safety by providing for the day-to-day needs of offenders, including health and safety, food, clothing, mental health services and physical health care. It also includes security measures within institutions such as drug interdiction and appropriate control practices to prevent incidents.

Under the Custody Program there are four sub-programs and six sub-sub-programs; all contribute to the safe, secure and humane custody of offenders in institutions. Below is information on the lower-level programs for the Custody Program.

The Institutional Management and Support Program contributes to public safety through the day-to-day management of operational activities and institutional services for offenders in custody.

Key activities include administering, operating and maintaining institutions; establishing operational processes and procedures; managing allocated financial and human resources; directing and overseeing the delivery of integrated correctional operations; monitoring the effectiveness of institutional security activities; considering threats, risks, vulnerabilities and physical security requirements and controls; managing the intelligence function for institutions; ensuring coordination across the criminal justice system; providing a safe environment for staff and inmates; and making decisions and recommendations related to offenders within delegated authorities.

The Institutional Security Program contributes to public safety through the development, implementation of, and compliance with, policies and procedures designed to ensure the safety and security of staff, offenders and the public, while meeting the security requirements of the diverse inmate population.

Key activities include dynamic security, security intelligence, segregation, perimeter control, and the prevention and control of contraband and drugs.

The Intelligence and Supervision Program contributes to public safety through the provision of security and the gathering, analysis, and sharing of intelligence. This is done by identifying and managing illegal activities and threats to security for offenders in institutions and in the community in conjunction and cooperation with external partner agencies.

Key activities include gathering and sharing information and intelligence to prevent security incidents, eradicating illegal activity and supporting the case management process; continually assessing threats and risks to identify and mitigate internal and external threats to the safety of individuals and institutions; collaborating, liaising and sharing information with justice partners both domestically and internationally; identifying and managing security threat groups; and preventing, intercepting, and eliminating illegal or threatening activities.

The Drug Interdiction Program contributes to public safety through the development, implementation, and coordination of activities included in Correctional Service of Canada's national drug strategy. This is done to ensure a safe, drug-free institutional environment for inmates, which is a fundamental condition for their successful reintegration into society as law-abiding citizens.

Key activities include assessing risk related to drug use and trafficking, detecting and deterring drug use and/or trafficking of drugs, using security services such as urinalysis, drug detector dogs, ion mobility spectrometry, and other services or devices, and reviewing the imposition of administrative measures.

The Institutional Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing essential health care and reasonable access to non-essential mental health care to inmates, in accordance with professionally accepted standards, to promote, improve and maintain offender health in institutions. These health services are delivered across the continuum of care, from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations.

Key activities include disease prevention, health education as well as screening, diagnosis, treatment, release planning and the administration, development and implementation of policy and programs to maintain and improve program delivery.

The Clinical and Public Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing essential health care to inmates, to promote, improve and maintain inmates' health within institutions, in accordance with professionally accepted standards. These services are delivered across the continuum of care from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations.

Key activities across the continuum of care include disease prevention and control, health promotion, screening and assessment, primary health services, acute hospital care, referral to medical specialists, treatment, provision of medications, pharmacy services and release planning.

The Mental Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing inmates with essential mental health care and reasonable access to non-essential mental health care to promote, improve and maintain offender health in accordance with professionally accepted standards. These services are delivered across the continuum of care from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations. The continuum of care is reflected through CSC's comprehensive Mental Health Strategy developed to enhance its capacity to address and respond to the mental health needs of offenders.

Key activities include mental health screening at intake, primary and intermediate mental health care in institutions, intensive care at Regional Treatment Centres, release preparation and transitional care for release to the community.

The Institutional Services Program contributes to public safety through the daily operations of institutions. This program aims to provide safe, secure and humane living conditions for inmates.

Key activities include accommodation support, engineering services, provision of food services and clothing, institutional maintenance, fleet management, telecommunications, environmental protection and sustainable development, fire safety protection, and maintenance of security electronics.

The Food Services Program contributes to public safety by providing nutritionally balanced meals to offenders in institutions. Meal preparation is based on appropriate nutrition standards for Canadians such as Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide. The program meets the needs of offenders requiring specific diets for their faith or for therapeutic reasons.

Key activities include setting the overall policy direction for the delivery of food services; monitoring food services activities to ensure adherence to standards; ensuring all activities related to the ordering, storage, preparation and service of food and disposal of waste meet food safety standards; and planning for food service within the established budget.

The Accommodation Services Program contributes to public safety through maintenance and repair of institutional vehicles, buildings/structures, and lands as well as related basic services for offenders. This is done so that institutions can meet their operational requirements including the provision of safe and clean living and working conditions for staff and for offenders in custody.

Key activities include the provision of basic necessities to offenders, technical support, housekeeping, laundry services, engineering services, environmental services, waste management, electrical, water and sewage, heating/co-generation of power, plumbing, fire protection, motor vehicle maintenance and operations, carpentry, masonry, painting, welding and millwright, general labour, general maintenance, and landscaping.

The Correctional Interventions Program contributes to public safety through assessment activities and program interventions for federal offenders that are designed to assist their rehabilitation and facilitate their successful reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens. The program engages Canadian citizens as partners in CSC's correctional mandate, and provides outreach to victims of crime.

Under the Correctional Interventions Program there are six sub-programs and seven sub-sub-programs which all contribute to the safe transitions of offenders back to the community by identifying and addressing the risks and needs of offenders with targeted correctional interventions.

The Offender Case Management Program contributes to public safety through a dynamic process that includes interventions to assess, clarify, counsel, plan programs for, and supervise offenders throughout their sentences.

Key activities include sentence management, intake assessment, penitentiary placement, offender personal development, transfers, the development and management of correctional plans, and institutional and community supervision.

The Community Engagement Program contributes to public safety by increasing citizens' understanding of the federal correctional process and enhancing CSC's partnerships with Canadian communities.

Key activities include raising public awareness and improving confidence in federal corrections; providing victims with information; negotiating partnership agreements with various stakeholders; and creating collaborative working relationships with diverse segments of the community including citizens, non-governmental agencies, other government departments, and offenders who have successfully reintegrated into the community.

The Spiritual Services Program contributes to public safety by providing spiritual intervention and guidance to offenders, and by developing and maintaining faith-community reintegration partnerships. It also includes providing culturally relevant assistance to First Nations, Métis and Inuit offenders regarding ceremonies, traditional teachings, traditional medicines or sacred grounds within institutions or in the community through the services of Aboriginal Elders. The program increases the likelihood of success for a safe and wholesome release of offenders back into the community.

Key activities include directing and coordinating religious services and sacramental ministry; spiritual and cultural teachings for First Nations, Métis and Inuit offenders; creating, coordinating, and delivering religious activities; interpreting the needs and concerns of persons affected by the criminal justice system to the community; educating the community concerning its role in reconciliation, and establishing and maintaining partnerships to help offenders live in the community as law-abiding citizens.

The Chaplaincy Program contributes to public safety by providing opportunities for offenders to examine their behaviours and decisions and discover new ways of living in the context of their faith practice. This can help offenders find greater wholeness and accept responsibility for their actions, which in turn contributes to their safe reintegration into Canadian communities.

The right of offenders to practice their religion is guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other legislation. Chaplaincy ensures that offenders of all traditions are offered opportunities to practice their faith.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery, and management of religious and spiritual activities, which includes volunteer and other community resources.

The Elder Services Program contributes to public safety through the counselling, teachings and ceremonial services provided to First Nations, Métis and Inuit men and women offenders who are following a traditional healing path. Elder services also include the provision of spiritual support and advice to the institutional head regarding ceremonies and offenders' access to ceremonial objects and traditional medicines within the institution.

Key activities include counseling; providing spiritual and cultural teachings to First Nations, Métis and Inuit offenders; delivering ceremonial services; and establishing and maintaining partnerships to help offenders reintegrate and live in the community as law-abiding citizens.

The Correctional Reintegration Program contributes to public safety by providing programs and implementing policies that are specifically designed to support offender rehabilitation and reintegration, and that involve structured interventions grounded in evidence-based, social and psychological research. Operating from a cognitive-behavioural approach, correctional programs are designed to address risk factors that contribute to reoffending.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and effective management of nationally recognized correctional programs.

The Correctional Program Readiness Program includes nationally recognized programs that prepare and motivate offenders to address risk factors related to offending.

Key activities include identifying problematic behavior, providing motivational support to offenders, and preparing offenders to address their risk factors.

Correctional Programs include nationally recognized correctional programs to specifically address risk factors related to offending at intensity levels commensurate to offenders' risk and needs.

Key activities include teaching offenders skills that will help reduce their problematic behaviour and assisting offenders to change pro-criminal attitudes and beliefs, manage themselves, set goals, solve problems, and develop healthy interpersonal relationships and coping skills.

The Correctional Program Maintenance Program includes nationally recognized correctional programs designed to support offenders to continue to make changes and maintain skills learned through their participation in correctional programming. These programs are delivered to offenders in the institution and in the community.

Key activities include providing support to offenders to maintain and apply the skills that they learned in other correctional programs in order to monitor and cope with daily challenges.

The Offender Education Program contributes to public safety by providing offenders with basic literacy, academic, and personal development skills thereby improving their capacity to effectively participate in correctional programs. It also offers them an opportunity to improve their education qualifications, increasing their likelihood of successfully reintegrating into the community.

The CORCAN Employment and Employability Program contributes to public safety by helping offenders develop and enhance their employment skills to meet the specific demands of the labour market, thereby improving their chances of employment and safe release into the community.

Key activities include employment training and career planning programs for inmates as well as employment and job placement services for offenders after release. It is designed to allow offenders to acquire skills and develop the pro-social attitudes and behaviours that are valued by employers. This is a key part of CSC's efforts to actively support offenders to become law-abiding citizens.

The Social Program contributes to public safety by providing a combination of structured and unstructured interventions and activities designed to prepare offenders for reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens.

The program encourages offenders to adopt pro-social lifestyles and contributes to a meaningful use of time by providing basic life skills. It provides offenders with opportunities to learn and practice social skills necessary for personal and social development, and increases offenders' awareness of their strengths and weaknesses, which assists them to overcome possible roadblocks to reintegration.

The Community Supervision Program contributes to public safety through the administration of community operations, including the provision of accommodation options, establishment of community partnerships and provision of community health services as necessary. Community supervision provides the structure to assist offenders to safely and successfully reintegrate into society.

Under the Community Supervision Program, there are three sub-programs and two sub-sub-programs that contribute to the reintegration of offenders into the community as law-abiding citizens while under supervision.

The Community Management and Security Program contributes to public safety by supervising and managing offenders in the community, and by gathering, analyzing, and sharing intelligence.

Key activities include supervising offenders, updating correctional plans, the Community Staff Safety Program, Electronic Monitoring, the National Centralized after-hours Duty Office, the After Hours Victim Notification Program and the Correctional Service of Canada Tip Line Program.

The Community-based Residential Facilities Program contributes to public safety by providing a structured and supportive environment during the gradual reintegration process. The program provides accommodation for offenders on parole, statutory release, temporary absence and Long Term Supervision Orders.

The Community Residential Facilities Program contributes to public safety by providing accommodation for offenders in what are commonly known as "halfway houses" as well as Hostels, Private Home Placements and Treatment Centres. Community Residential Facilities are operated by non-profit community-based agencies under contract with CSC and promote the successful reintegration of offenders into the community.

Key activities include providing supervision, intervention, support, monitoring and accommodation for offenders on release.

The Community Correctional Centres Program contributes to public safety by managing federally-operated community-based residential facilities that provide a 24-hour structured living environment for the purpose of safely reintegrating offenders into the community. Community Correctional Centres accommodate offenders under federal jurisdiction who have been released to the community on unescorted temporary absences, day parole, full parole, work releases, statutory release, as well as those subject to Long-Term Supervision Orders.

The Community Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing essential health services for offenders residing in a Community Correctional Centre, in accordance with professionally accepted standards. CSC pays, on a fee-for-service basis, the costs associated with essential health services for non-insured offenders in the community. In addition, as part of its Mental Health Strategy, CSC provides, at some community sites, mental health services to offenders with significant mental health challenges to contribute to their safe reintegration into the community.

Key activities include providing specialized mental health support and services to address mental health needs (e.g., crisis intervention and counselling), and links to community agencies.