On July 16, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of correctional officers, detector-dog team and security intelligence officers, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized in the maximum security unit at Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
On July 19, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Stony Mountain Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.
The lockdown and exceptional search put in place at Springhill Institution on July 11, 2024, ended on July 18, 2024. The institution has since resumed its normal operations and visits have resumed.
On July 19, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized on the perimeter of Drummond Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
On July 17, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unautorized items were seized at Joyceville Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.
On July 13, 2024, Eugene Raymond Benoit, an inmate from the Regional Treatment Centre (Pacific Institution), died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.
On July 11, 2024, a lockdown was put in place at Springhill Institution, a medium security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.