| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On December 1, 2020, James Rolland, an inmate from Millhaven Institution Regional Treatment Centre died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On December 3, 2020, at about 2:55 p.m., Pacific Institution, a multi-level security federal institution, was notified that Stephane Bissonnette escaped during an escorted medical temporary absence in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On November 9 and 21, 2020, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On November 20, 2020, Edward Bruce Gendron, an inmate from Cowansville Institution, died while in our custody.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) advises that there is currently one inmate who has tested positive for COVID-19 at Edmonton Institution in Alberta. The inmate was newly committed to CSC’s custody, is being medically isolated and is closely monitored by staff.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown put in place at Grand Valley Institution on November 16, 2020 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On November 10, 2020, at approximately 9:30 a.m., correctional officers at Port-Cartier Institution, a maximum security federal institution, intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring contraband into the institution.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On November 16, 2020, at about 8 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at Grand Valley Institution, a multi-level security federal institution, to enable staff members to perform an exceptional search of the medium security compound.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On November 15, 2020, Hans Kroeger, an inmate from the Regional Psychiatric Centre died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown put in place at Matsqui Institution ended on November 10, 2020 and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
