Corrections News Releases
Beneficiaries of fallen correctional, parole and probation officers now eligible for the Memorial Grant Program
April 1, 2021
Statement from Minister Bill Blair in response to CRCC reports
March 24, 2021
Statement from Minister Bill Blair regarding National Joint Board of Investigation results
January 21, 2021
Minister Blair welcomes the Office of the Correctional Investigator’s Annual Report
October 27, 2020
Government to support the safe reintegration of offenders under community supervision during COVID-19
June 9, 2020
Minister Blair responds to inmate death at Mission Institution
April 16, 2020
Minister Blair welcomes the Office of the Correctional Investigator's Annual Report
February 18, 2020
Indigenous People in Federal Custody Surpasses 30% Correctional Investigator Issues Statement and Challenge
January 21, 2020
University of Regina project to address over-representation of Indigenous people in corrections
September 6, 2019
Government appoints expert Advisory Panel to monitor new correctional system
September 6, 2019
Statement from Minister Goodale on the passage of Bill C-83 to strengthen federal corrections and keep communities safe
June 21, 2019
Government of Canada supports Victims and Survivors of Crime Week
May 27, 2019
Statement by the Minister of Public Safety in response to the 2019 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada
May 7, 2019
No-cost, expedited pardons for simple possession of cannabis
March 1, 2019
Government of Canada supports healthy reintegration in Abbotsford
January 23, 2019
Statement by the Minister of Public Safety in response to the 2018 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada
November 20, 2018
Statement by Minister Goodale on the Correctional Service of Canada’s Review of Offender Transfers
November 7, 2018
Minister Goodale welcomes the Office of the Correctional Investigator’s Annual Report
October 30, 2018
Correctional Investigator’s 2017-18 Annual Report
October 30, 2018
Legislation introduced to strengthen federal corrections and keep communities safe
October 16, 2018
Mandate letter for the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada issued by Minister Goodale
September 5, 2018
Royal Assent of Bill C-66, Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act
June 21, 2018
Appointment of an Interim Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada
February 2, 2018
Senior executive appointments to the Parole Board of Canada
January 24, 2018
Appointment of Ivan Zinger as Correctional Investigator of Canada
January 2, 2018
Statement by Minister Goodale in response to the 2017 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada
November 21, 2017
Statement from Minister Goodale on Office of the Correctional Investigator 2016–2017 Annual Report
October 31, 2017
New Funding: Reintegration Support and Incarceration Alternatives for Indigenous Offenders
October 16, 2017
Results released from the Criminal Records Act and Record Suspension User Fee Consultations
October 10, 2017
Response to Young Adults Incarcerated Report
October 5, 2017
Decrease in Canada's Crime Rate and Admissions to Administrative Segregation
September 15, 2017
Government of Canada introduces legislative changes addressing issues in the federal corrections system
June 19, 2017
Advisory panel for the reopening of Penitentiary farms at Collins Bay and Joyceville Institutions announced
May 12, 2017
Statement from Minister Goodale on the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada report into the death of Matthew Hines
May 2, 2017
Appointment of Ivan Zinger as acting Correctional Investigator of Canada
December 22, 2016
Minister Goodale thanks Howard Sapers for his work as Correctional Investigator of Canada
November 8, 2016
Canadians to help shape the Review of Record Suspensions
November 7, 2016
Minister Goodale responds to the Annual Report of the Correctional Investigator 2015-2016
October 31, 2016
Statement by the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, on Immigration Detention
July 19, 2016
Minister Goodale Inaugurates the Correctional Service of Canada's new Training Academy
December 16, 2015
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada following the swearing-in of the 29th Ministry
November 4, 2015
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