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DRUG AND TOBACCO SEIZURE - JOYCEVILLE INSTITUTION

KINGSTON, ONTARIO, September 13, 2010 - On Friday, September 10, 2010, at approximately 8:35 a.m. staff, acting on security information, intercepted an inmate's attempt to introduce drugs and tobacco into Joyceville Institution. The Correctional Service of Canada seized tobacco, marijuana and drug paraphernalia with an estimated institutional value of $5200.

The Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad is investigating and charges are pending.

CSC has a number of tools available that are consistently used in our efforts to control the flow of drugs into our institutions. These include such things as searches of offenders, searches of visitors, use of ion scanners, use of drug dogs and searches of buildings and cells.

As part of its Transformation Agenda, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is strengthening measures to prevent contraband from entering institutions, in order to help ensure a safe and secure environment for everyone, and promote a rehabilitative environment for inmates. CSC also works in partnership with the police to prosecute inmates and others who attempt to have contraband brought into correctional institutions.

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For further information, media representatives may contact:

Lorrie Oddie
Assistant Warden Management Services
Joyceville Institution, Kingston, Ontario
Correctional Service of Canada
613-536-6410