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Correctional Service of Canada

What's New

2007

October
Policy and Legislation - New Guidelines 005-1 - Institutional Management Structure: Roles and Responsiblities have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 235 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 720 - Education Programs and Services for Offenders has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 236 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 567-3 - Use of Restraint Equipment for Security Purposes and Commissioner’s Directive 844 – Use of Restraint Equipment for Health Purposes have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 237 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 081 - Offender Complaints and Grievances has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 239 for more details.

September
Policy and Legislation - New Guidelines 821-3 - Cleaning blood and/or other body fluid spills have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 231 for more details.
Programs - The Victim Services site has been updated.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directives 701, 704, 705, 705-1, 705-3, 705-6, 705-7, 710, 710-1, 710-2, 710-3, 710-4, 710-6, 712, 712-1, 712-2 and 712-4, as well as Commissioner's Directive 708 - Special Handling Unit have been published along with related Policy Bulletins 233 and 234 for more details.

August
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 041 - Incident Investigations has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 230 for more details.

July
Policy and Legislation - Revised Protocol 821-1 - Managing exposure to blood and/or body fluids has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 229 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - New Commissioner's Directive 714 - Community Correctional Centre Standards has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 228 for more details.

June
Policy and Legislation - New Guidelines 700-06 - Guidelines for Community Supervision of Women with Children have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 227 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 567-1- Use of Force has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 226 for more details.

May
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directives 566-10 - Urinalysis Testing in Institutions, and 566-11 - Urinalysis Testing in the Community have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 224 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directives 585 - National Drug Strategy has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 225 for more details.

March
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directives 566-3 - Inmate Movement, 567 - Management of Security Incidents, 568-4 Preservation of Crime Scenes and Evidence, 800 - Health Services and 843 - Prevention, Management and Response to Suicide and Self-Injuries have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 223 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Guidelines 351-1 - CSC Uniforms, Dress Code and Scale of Issue have published along with related Policy Bulletin 222 for more details.

February
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 022 - Media Relations has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 221 for more details.

January
Publications - Focus on Infectious Diseases
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 566-12 - Personal Property of Inmates has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 220 for more details.

2006

December
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 350 - Materiel and Supply Management Services has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 219 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 566-4 - Inmate Counts and Security Patrols has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 218 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Annex E of Guidelines 566-8-2 (Positive Result Thresholds) has been modified to correct the alarm threshold for PCP. For further explanation, please see Policy Bulletin 217.

October
Policy and Legislation - New Commissioner's Directive 566-12 (formely 090) - Personal Property of Inmates has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 216 for more details.
Strategic Plan for Aboriginal Corrections - Innovation, Learning & Adjustment

September
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 560 - Dynamic Security has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 215 for more details.

August
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 784 and new Guidelines 784-1 - Information Sharing between Victims and the Correctional Service of Canada have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 212 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Annex B (Positive Indication Using Non-Intrusive Search Tools) of Guidelines 566-8-1 - Searching of Staff and Visitors has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 211 for more details.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directives 566-4 - Inmate Counts and Security Patrols and 566-7 - Searching of Inmates have been published along with related Policy Bulletins 209 and 210 for more details.

July
Policy and Legislation - Policy Bulletin 208 related to Commissioner's Directive 860 - Inmate's Money - has been published to bring clarification regarding the payment of costs for special events using the funds in the savings account.
Policy and Legislation - Commissioner's Directive 705-6 - Please note that a modification was done in the French version of Annex D (Item 14) to correct an error. The score for "Has 1 - 2 previous convictions for break and enter" was modified to -2 instead of -3.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 022 - Media Relations has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 207.

June
Policy and Legislation - Revised Guidelines 234-1 - Claims Administration Instructions have been published along with related Policy Bulletin 205.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 567-3 - Use of Restraint Equipment has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 206 for more details.

May
Policy and Legislation - New Commissioner's Directive 717 - Community Assessments has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 204.

April
Policy and Legislation - The following Commissioner's Directives have been revised and published along with related Policy Bulletin 202:
700 - Correctional Interventions
701 - Information Sharing
703 - Sentence Management
704 - International Transfers
705 - Intake Assessment Process
705-1 - Preliminary Assessments and Post-Sentence Community Assessments
705-2 - Information Collection
705-3 - Immediate Needs and Admission Interviews
705-4 - Orientation
705-5 - Supplementary Intake Assessments
705-6 - Correctional Planning and Criminal Profile
705-7 - Security Classification and Penitentiary Placement
705-8 - Assessing Serious Harm
710 - Institutional Supervision Framework
710-1 - Progress against the Correctional Plan
710-2 - Transfer of Offenders
710-3 - Temporary Absences and Work Releases
710-4 - Perimeter Work Clearance
710-5 - Judicial Review
710-6 - Review of Offender Security Classification
712 - Case Preparation and Release Framework
712-1 - Pre-Release Decision-Making
712-2 - Detention
712-3 - National Parole Board Hearings
712-4 - Release Process.

March
Policy and Legislation - New Commissioner's Directive 577 - Operational Requirements for Cross-Gender Staffing in Women Offender Institutions has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 203.
News Releases - CSC/NPB RELEASE INVESTIGATION REPORT INTO THE CASE OF ELI ULAYUK INVOLVED IN THE MURDER OF A COMMUNITY PAROLE OFFICER IN YELLOWKNIFE, NWT

January
Publications - Focus on Infectious Diseases
Policy and Legislation - New Commissioner's Directive 259 - Exposure to Second Hand Smoke has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 201.
Policy and Legislation - Revised Commissioner's Directive 090 - Personal Property of Inmates has been published along with related Policy Bulletin 200.

 

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