| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown put in place at Matsqui Institution on April 29, 2023 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations and visits have resumed.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On April 28 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. The contraband and unauthorized items seized included 200 grams of hashish, 300 grams of tobacco and one cell phone. The total estimated institutional value of the items seized is $27,000.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On May 2, 2023, at approximately 2:40 pm, inmate Isiah Hanson fled from Prince Albert Grand Council, a minimum-security Section 81 spiritual healing lodge.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On April 29, 2023, Damian Hawley, an inmate from Mission Institution, died while in our custody.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On April 29, 2023, a lockdown was put in place at Matsqui institution, a medium security federal institution, to allow staff to conduct a search of the institution following an assault involving four inmates.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown and exceptional search put in place on April 24, 2023, at the medium-security unit at Mission Institution, ended on April 27, 2023. The institution has resumed its normal operations and visits have resumed.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On April 24, 2023, a lockdown was put in place in the medium-security unit at Mission Institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On April 22, 2023, an inmate from Dorchester Penitentiary died while in our custody of apparent natural causes. The individual’s name has been anonymized to comply with a court-ordered publication ban to protect the identity of the victims.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
At 3:37 a.m. on April 24, 2023, inmate Rowdy Benjamin was apprehended by the Edmonton Police Service.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On April 21, 2023, during a formal count, staff members at Stan Daniels Healing Centre, a minimum-security Section 81 healing lodge, discovered that Rowdy Benjamin was not accounted for.
