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DRUG SEIZURE - WARKWORTH INSTITUTION

Campbellford Ontario, September 16, 2010 – On Thursday, September 16, 2010, at approximately 2:00 pm staff, acting on security information, intercepted an inmate’s attempt to introduce drugs into Warkworth Institution. The Correctional Service of Canada, with the help of the local Ontario Provincial Police, seized a quantity of marijuana and pills with an estimated institutional value of $3900.

The OPP 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, please contact:

Gerry Chartrand
A/Assistant Warden Management Services
Warkworth Institution
Correctional Service of Canada
705-924-8104