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Profile of Offenders Serving Long Sentences
This study examined both in-custody (N = 4,495) and community (N = 2,669) OSLSs populations using snapshot data from fiscal year 2022 to 2023. Demographic, sentence, and offence... -
Facilities and security
Each major correctional institution is like a small community. There are living units, offices and program areas. There are also buildings and spaces designed for spirituality,... -
Women Offenders' Substance Use Patterns across Regions
Previous research shows that women offenders' substance use patterns vary across regions. This study was completed to highlight the varying substance use profiles of the... -
Impacts of Indigenous Healing Lodges for Men
Healing Lodges and culturally-specific interventions offer benefits that support offender reintegration for men. -
Examining Change in Criminogenic Need Levels Associated with Correctional...
In 2010, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) commenced implementation of a holistic, gender- and culture-informed model of correctional programing for women offenders. To... -
Institutional profiles: Pacific region: Pacific Institution / Regional...
Pacific Institution is a multi-level complex located about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver in the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia. -
Post-pandemic Provisional Federal Security Level Forecasts
Every year, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) updates its provisional federal population forecasts using a robust methodology developed decades ago. However, over the... -
Student opportunities
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) finds value in helping students find employment and gain experience. Find information on work opportunities for students here. -
Appearance of the Correctional Service of Canada before the Standing...
Parliamentary committee binder for the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU): February 27, 2020. -
Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act 2023 to 2024
Discover how CSC fulfilled compliance with the Privacy Act during the fiscal reporting period of April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. -
Actuarial Tools and Professional Judgement in Offender Security Level...
Concordance rates between actuarial tools and professional judgement demonstrate consistency over the five year period, 2018-2019 to 2022-2023. -
Ethnocultural Offenders in Federal Custody: In-Custody Indicators among Men
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has an ethnoculturally diverse offender population. Study 2 of a three-part study examined differences with respect to in-custody... -
Departmental Performance Report 2011-Present
This report features the results achieved by CSC between the years of 2011-2022, and informs Canadians of the work undertaken to rehabilitate and safely reintegrate offenders... -
Examining the Differences between Security Threat Groups (STGs) and the...
Security threat group affiliated offenders have unique and complex needs, behaviours, institutional experiences, and post-release outcomes. Previous research regarding Security... -
Barriers to Timely Transfer out of Structured Intervention Units
As part of a larger study examining SIUs, analysis was conducted of factors impeding timely transfers out of SIUs. Findings are based on data collection at four SIU sites... -
Women Who Sexually Offend: A Profile and Program Outcome Study
Women sex offenders have high needs in the personal/emotional and family/marital domains. Completing the women’s sex offender program increases offender skills. -
Institutional profiles: Ontario region
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... -
Comparing Indigenous Gender Diverse Offenders with the General Indigenous...
This study compares the characteristics, sentence/offence information, and criminogenic risk and need profile of Indigenous gender diverse offenders with the general population... -
SIU Authorizations: July 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2023 (Quarterly Report Q2)
Structured Intervention Units (SIUs) were incorporated into the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) on November 30th, 2019. Such units are intended to provide intervention-... -
Regional Profiles of Canadian In-Custody Women Federal Offenders
The current study examined regional profiles for in-custody women at three different time points to further understand these differences and to provide more nuanced findings...