On August 30, 2025, at 2:09 p.m., Stan Daniels Healing Centre, a minimum-security Section 81 facility, reported that Tyrrel Bigchild escaped during an escorted temporary absence in Edmonton, AB.
On August 21, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Drummond Institution, a medium security federal institution.
On August 20, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of Drumheller Institution, a medium and minimum security federal institution.
Between August 6th and 17th, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, multiple packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.
On August 16, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband were seized at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, a multi-level security federal institution.
The lockdown put in place at Mountain Institution on August 7, 2025, has ended and the exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations and visits have resumed.
On August 10, 2025, Nelson Tayongtong, an inmate from Pacific Institution / Regional Treatment Centre, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
On August 7, 2025, a lockdown was put in place at Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.