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An Act respecting corrections and the conditional release and detention of offenders and to establish the office of Correctional Investigator.

Regulations Respecting Corrections and the Conditional Release and Detention of Offenders.

Regulatory cooperation is a process where governments work together to: adopt international standards, harmonize or align regulations, share information and experiences, reduce unnecessary regulatory differences, eliminate duplicative requirements and processes.

CSC operates under the rule of law and in particular, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, which provides its legislative framework. CSC also has a variety of directives and regulations to exercise reasonable, safe, secure and humane control. This links provides information regarding...

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...