Correctional Service Canada

• $1.1M in meth, tobacco and cellphones seized at Nova Scotia prison

  Correctional Service Canada says the packages of contraband items were discovered Monday at the Springhill Institution "as a result of the vigilance of staff members."

  Crime

  Sep 23
  
• Contraband worth nearly $149,000 seized at Saskatchewan Penitentiary

  Among the items seized were methamphetamine, cocaine, THC concentrate, tobacco, a cell phone and charger, a USB card reader and rolling papers.

  Crime

  Aug 27
  
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• Quebec man who murdered 6 people dies in Saskatoon prison

  Steeve Racine, 62, had been serving a life sentence since Aug. 30, 1991, and died Aug. 7 at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon.

  Canada

  Aug 12
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• Federal Court orders Edmonton prison to act on complaints about extreme heat

  One affidavit from an inmate in 2018 who was housed in a corner cell nicknamed "the oven" says a maintenance worker recorded a temperature of over 40 C in her cell.

  Health

  Jul 20
• Outlaw biker who killed 8 Bandidos members in Ontario dies in prison

  Marcel Aravena was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of manslaughter as part of the April 2006 slayings.

  Crime

  Jul 3
• Corrections staff at N.S. prison assaulted by inmate as union says violence on the rise

  Multiple staff members at the Springhill Institution, a medium-security federal prison in Nova Scotia, were assaulted by an inmate on the weekend and treated in hospital. 

  Canada

  Apr 28
• Officials seize tobacco, cellphones at federal prison in Kingston

  According to Correctional Service Canada, the estimated institutional value of the seized contraband and unauthorized items was about $100,000.

  Crime

  Apr 20
• Inmate, 26, dies following assault at Donnacona prison in Quebec

  Correctional Service Canada says an inmate has died after an assault by other inmates at Donnacona Institution in Quebec. The man had been convicted of murder in April.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2025
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• Escaped Quebec murderer killed unconscious man with an axe, court docs show

  The search continues for convicted killer Lory Bill Germa, who escaped from a Quebec prison and may be hiding in Ontario. Here is what we know about the 69-year-old.

  Crime

  Jul 8, 2025
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• Escaped murderer from Quebec may be hiding out in Ontario, police say

  Ontario Provincial Police say a convicted murderer who recently escaped from a Quebec prison may be hiding out in southwestern Ontario.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2025