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End of lockdown and search at Joyceville Institution 

| Correctional Service Canada | news releases

May 12, 2023 – Kingston, Ontario – Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at Joyceville Institution on May 10, 2023, has ended and the exceptional search has been completed. The institution has returned to its normal operations and visits have resumed.


Seizure of contraband and unauthorized items at Donnacona Institution

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May 15, 2023 – Donnacona, Quebec – Correctional Service Canada On May 8, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized on the perimeter of Donnacona Institution, a maximum-security federal institution.


Seizure of contraband and unauthorized items at Cowansville Institution

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May 12, 2023 – Cowansville, Quebec – Correctional Service Canada On May 6, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal institution.


Seizure of prohibited items and unauthorized items at the Regional Reception Centre

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May 12, 2023 – Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec – Correctional Service Canada On May 7 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized on the perimeter of the Regional Reception Centre, a federal multi-level security institution.


Seizures of contraband and unauthorized items at Drummond Institution

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May 10, 2023 – Drummondville, Quebec – Correctional Service Canada On May 5 and 7, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of Drummond Institution, a medium-security federal institution.


Lockdown and search at Joyceville Institution

| Correctional Service Canada | news releases

May 10, 2023 – Kingston, Ontario – Correctional Service Canada On May 10, 2023, a lockdown was put in place at Joyceville Institution to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.


Escape from Willow Cree Healing Lodge

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On May 9, 2023 during a formal count, staff members at Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum-security federal institution, discovered that Dane Woodward was not accounted for.


Seizures of prohibited items and unauthorized items at the Regional Reception Centre

| Correctional Service Canada | news releases

May 9, 2023 – Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec – Correctional Service Canada On May 2 and 3, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of the Regional Reception Centre, a federal multi-level security institution.


Seizure of contraband at Dorchester Penitentiary 

| Correctional Service Canada | news releases

On April 28, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband was seized in the medium security unit at Dorchester Penitentiary. The contraband seized included shatter (cannabis extract). The total estimated institutional value of this seizure is $97,500.


Seizure of contraband and unauthorized items at Millhaven Institution

| Correctional Service Canada | news releases

On May 3, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, several packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Millhaven Institution, a maximum-security federal institution. The items seized included approximately 123 grams of shatter (cannabis concentrate), as well as cell phones and accessories.


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