227 datasets found

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...

Discover how CSC fulfilled its access to information responsibilities during the reporting period covering April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.

As part of a quarterly series highlighting trends in Structured Intervention Units (SIUs) within the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), the current analysis examines SIU...

Comparing the case characteristics of Black inmates in SIUs with others in SIUs as well as the mainstream Black inmate population may yield some important information especially...

We prepared a video highlighting the important role of CSC in Canada. It is meant to increase transparency of what we do and why, and how it contributes to public safety.

Although four-in-five women offenders in Canada have substance use problems, little research has focused on the variability in their substance use and its relationship to...

Rates of problem gambling (PG) are approximately 20 times higher in correctional settings, relative to the general population; a better understanding of gambling-offending...

Correctional Service Canada focusses on six strategic priorities.

As part of a quarterly series highlighting trends in SIUs, the current analysis examines SIU stay-level data drawn from CSC data warehouse for the third quarter of 2023-2024...

Correctional programming within the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is intended to reduce criminogenic risk factors via evidence-based interventions, with the underlying...

Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) 2023-2027 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (DSDS), our ninth DSDS since 1997, commits once more to numerous energy, water and...

CSC takes the death of an inmate very seriously. Death in custody is a complex and difficult issue and we need to always work to enhance prevention and intervention strategies.

The current study aimed to build on previous results by examining the association between changes in specific criminogenic need domain ratings post-program and returns to custody.

The DRR outlines CSC’s performance during this past fiscal year against the plans, priorities and expected results identified in the Departmental Plan. It explains the work we...

This study provides an overview of self-report responses from the 2022 National Health Survey among participants housed in men’s federal correctional institutions. This study...

Implemented in September 2019 at Kent Institution, the Onboarding Program is intended to support the transition of new Correctional Officers (COs) from Correctional Service...

Faced with the correctional challenges of the 2020s, it now appears that in 2023 newly streamlined assessment/referral techniques (i.e., Criminal Risk Index for program...

Indigenous Intervention Centres (IICs) were developed to maximize Indigenous resources and services across a smaller number of institutions in order to provide a culturally...

This study was undertaken to provide a comparative profile of federal gender diverse offenders during incarceration compared to the general in-custody population. Please note...

The Correctional Service Canada 2024 to 2025 Departmental plan, table in parliament on February 29, 2023.