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As a key component of Indigenous corrections, Indigenous Healing Lodges provide a culturally responsive environment, allowing federal offenders who commit to an Indigenous healing path to participate in Indigenous healing practices, programming, and services. Healing Lodge escapes were typically...

Serious community incidents typically involved offenders on Statutory Release. Common proximal risk factors included substance use, flight from supervision, and non-compliance with release conditions.

Faced with the correctional challenges of the 2020s, it now appears that in 2023 newly streamlined assessment/referral techniques (i.e., Criminal Risk Index for program intensity, etc.) when combined with the delivery of the Integrated Correctional Program Model (ICPM), Women Offender and...

Structured Intervention Units (SIUs) were incorporated into the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) on November 30th, 2019. Such units are intended to provide intervention-focused accommodations to offenders who cannot be safely managed in the mainstream offender population. As part of a...

Waseskun Healing Centre is a men’s Section 81 facility located in St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Quebec. The goal of the current study is to provide a holistic understanding of the Healing Lodge through the experiences and perspectives of residents, Elders, Elder’s Helpers, and staff. In collaboration...

Post-pandemic changes in 10-year federal population forecasts were observed for men, women, and across regions.

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) takes seriously its obligation to ensure the safety and security of all offenders under its custody and care. Examining and reporting on deaths in custody promotes organizational transparency and assists in identifying potential areas in need of...

This pilot study supports the feasibility and utility of using technology-based assessments of impulsive behaviour and risky decision-making in a sample of adult offenders recruited from two Canadian federal correctional institutions. Please note that this report is a one page summary. If you...

Stan Daniels Healing Centre (SDHC) is a men’s Section 81 facility located in Edmonton, Alberta. The goal of the current study is to provide a holistic understanding of the Healing Centre through the experiences and perspectives of residents, Elders, and staff. In collaboration with the Indigenous...

Security threat group affiliated offenders have unique and complex needs, behaviours, institutional experiences, and post-release outcomes.