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The link to this website provides various links to specific Commissioner's Directives (CD) this can include: Guidelines (GL), Financial Directive (FD) as well as Internal Service Directives (ISD).

Structured Intervention Units (SIUs) are part of a historic transformation of the federal correctional system that saw the abolition of administrative segregation.

The Canadian federal system receives persons who are aged 18 years or older and sentenced to serve two years or more. Previous research has found that post pandemic there has been an upward shift in the age structure in federal custody.

The older (65+) offender population in custody and under community supervision continued to grow during the pandemic era.

The Ontario Region is responsible for 8 institutions (seven for men and one for women). Included in the male institutions is the Regional Treatment Centre. With the exception of Beaver Creek, Warkworth Institution and Grand Valley Institution for Women, all are located in the Kingston area.

The Prairie Region consists of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Northwestern Ontario as well as the Northwest Territories. Within the region, there are 12 institutions (10 for men and two for women). Included among those institutions is the Regional Psychiatric Centre, which...

The Pacific Region consists of the province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. There are 8 institutions in the Pacific Region (seven for men and one for women).

Healing lodges are environments designed specifically for Indigenous offenders. They offer culturally appropriate services and programs to offenders in a way that incorporates Indigenous values, traditions and beliefs.

Correctional Service Canada focusses on six strategic priorities.

The history of corrections in Canada is fascinating and complex. Much has changed over the years: not only the institutions involved but also the principles on which they are run.