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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