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Projections that the Canadian federal correctional system would be facing a long-term overcrowding crisis and be forced into housing offenders in shared cells (“double-bunking”) had been substantially reversed in an earlier study.

Based on the CRI development data, a total of 24,972 men first releases (4,850 Indigenous and 19,996 Non-Indigenous) were gathered over a six-year period (2006-07 to 2011-12) and followed-up for returns to federal custody for any offence within a 3-year period. Cramer’s V and Area under the Curve...

Corresponding with the opioid crisis in Canada, there has been a notable increase in the number of overdose incidents in federal custody (McKendy et al., 2020). As part of ongoing tracking efforts, the current study provides an overview of non-fatal overdose incidents in federal institutions in...

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 ongoing monitoring efforts, the current study provides an overview of non-fatal overdose incidents that occurred in a federal institution in 2020-2021, which corresponded with the first full Fiscal Year associated with COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

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.

Available empirical studies (that provide new data, not opinion) were gathered from 1987 to 2019 on the CRS. Select quotes were extracted from the publications that highlight the main findings.

Every year, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) updates its provisional federal population forecasts using a robust methodology developed decades ago. However, over the course of two recent fiscal years (2020-21 and 2021-22), marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, CSC experienced an unprecedented...

Previous research has illustrated the differences in substance use patterns among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women offenders. This study was conducted to examine substance use patterns among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women offenders over time.

Substance use issues are prevalent among federal women offenders. Previous research demonstrated that federal men offenders' substance use patterns have changed over time. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine changes in women offenders' substance use patterns during an almost 11-year...