Death of an inmate from Warkworth Institution
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On November 13, 2023, Kenneth Wood, an inmate from Warkworth Institution, died while in our custody.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On November 13, 2023, Kenneth Wood, an inmate from Warkworth Institution, died while in our custody.
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On November 8 and 9, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband was seized at Mountain Institution, a medium security federal institution. The contraband items seized included 184 grams of cannabis concentrate and 94 grams of methamphetamine. The total estimated institutional value of these seizures is $139,000.
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On November 4 and 5, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
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On November 1, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at the Regional Reception Centre, a multi-level security federal institution.
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On November 4, 2023, an inmate from Edmonton Institution died while in our custody. The individual’s name has been anonymized to comply with a court-ordered publication ban.
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On November 3, 2023, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) held a Change of Command Ceremony at the Regional Recpetion Centre in the Quebec Region. This occasion, attended by Commissioner Anne Kelly, marked the change in command from the outgoing Warden Anne-Marie Labalette, to the incoming Warden Édith Desnoyers.
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On October 26, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
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On November 1, 2023, Darak Andrew More, an inmate from Mountain Institution, died while in our custody.
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Today, Anne Kelly, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, issued the following statement:
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The lockdown put in place at Mountain Institution on October 24, 2023, has ended and the exceptional search has been completed. On October 28, the institution resumed normal operations and visits resumed.