| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On January 25, 2023, an inmate from Bath Institution died while in our custody. At the time of death, the inmate had been serving a sentence of five years and seven months for sexual interference with a person under 16 and corrupting children, which commenced on December 8, 2021.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On January 25, 2023, Gilles Auger, an inmate from the Federal Training Centre, died while in our custody.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On January 19, 2023, thanks to the monitoring and investigation activities of the preventive security and intelligence team and the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband was seized as a result of a suspected drone drop at Bath Institution, a medium security federal institution. The seized items included approximately 119 grams of marijuana and 343 grams of shatter..
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On January 16, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum security institution. The contraband and unauthorized items seized included 198 grams of hashish, 326 grams of marijuana, and 159 grams of tobacco. The total estimated institutional value of this seizure is $56,000.
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The lockdown and exceptional search put in place on January 6, 2023, at the medium-security unit at Mission Institution, ended on January 13, 2023. The institution has resumed its normal operations and visits have resumed.
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On January 18, 2023, Cassandra Fox, an inmate from Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge, died while in our custody.
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On January 17, 2023, thanks to the vigilance of staff members, several packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized as a result of a suspected drone drop at Joyceville Institution, a federal multi-level security institution. The seized items included approximately 328 grams of tobacco, 260 grams of marijuana, and 106 grams of shatter (cannabis concentrate).
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From January 1 to11, 2023, contraband and unauthorized items were seized during an exceptional search conducted at Kent Institution, a maximum-security federal institution.
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On January 11, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Drummond Institution, a federal medium-security institution. The contraband and unauthorized items seized included 66 grams of marijuana, one gram of cannabis wax, 200 grams of tobacco, one USB key, two cell phones, and two charging cables. The total estimated institutional value of these seizures is $21,825.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On January 15, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum security institution. The contraband and unauthorized items seized included 187 grams of hashish, 81 grams of marijuana, and 100 grams of tobacco. The total estimated institutional value of this seizure is $40,690.
