The lockdown put in place at the medium security unit at Drumheller Institution on July 20, 2021, has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
On July 18th, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
On July 20, 2021, Eugene Desjarlais, an inmate from Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum security federal institution, died while unlawfully at large following his escape from this facility on July 13, 2021.
On July 9, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
On July 14, 2021, at about 12:30 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Matsqui Institution a medium security federal institution.
On July 13, 2021, Murray John Hayton, an inmate from William Head Institution died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
On July 10 and 11, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Archambault Institution, a federal multi-level security institution.