Latest information on COVID-19

COVID-related information

CSC constantly monitors the public health situation in each region, including community transmission, and makes decisions to increase access to sites based on risk levels. CSC also consults public health and local occupational health and safety and inmate committees prior to implementing any plans.

Find information on:

• General information
• Information for visiting an inmate
• News releases
• Messages to stakeholders
• Information for employees
• Vaccination at federal correctional institutions

General information

For the latest news and updates visit:

• Integrated Risk Management Framework
• Status of access to institutions
• Inmate COVID-19 testing in federal correctional institutions
• Fact Sheet: Resuming program and service delivery in CSC institutions

Information for offenders & visitors

CSC is committed to keeping federal offenders and their visitors up to date on information about COVID-19 through regular messages from CSC’s Commissioner, facts sheets, and other products:

• Inmate access to legal counsel during COVID-19
• Information for inmates visits
• Inmate messages

Resources

• Visiting an inmate at a CSC institution during COVID-19
• COVID-19 Preparedness and plans
• COVID-19: Screening questions

News releases about COVID-19

• Information about COVID-19 at Archambault Institution (February 17, 2021)
• COVID-19 related death of an inmate (January 25, 2021)
• Information about COVID-19 at Bowden Institution (January 14, 2021)
• Correctional Service Canada COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out (January 6, 2021)
• Information about COVID-19 at Willow Cree Healing Lodge (December 31, 2020)
• Death of an inmate with a COVID-19 diagnosis (December 28, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Fraser Valley Institution (December 23, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Drumheller Institution (December 23, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 in the Ontario Region (December 17, 2020)
• Heightened COVID-19 measures in the Ontario Region (December 17, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Saskatchewan Penitentiary (December 14, 2020)
• Correctional Service Canada is working with the Canadian Red Cross on COVID-19 response (December 11, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Edmonton Institution (November 21, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Drummond Institution (November 10, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Stony Mountain Institution (November 10, 2020)
• Information about COVID-19 at Edmonton Institution for Women (November 9, 2020)
• COVID-19 related death of an inmate (May 5, 2020)
• Statement on Mission Institution, a federal correctional facility in British Columbia (April 25, 2020)
• Lockdown at the Federal Training Centre - multi-level security unit (April 17, 2020)
• COVID-19 related death of an inmate (April 16, 2020)
• Lockdown at Mission Institution - Medium Security Unit (April 8, 2020)
• Update on COVID-19 Testing and Port-Cartier Institution (March 30, 2020)
• Visits to inmates suspended at federal correctional institutions to prevent spread of COVID-19 (March 14, 2020)

For more information

For more information on COVID-19, please visit Canada.ca and follow CSC on Facebook and Twitter for updates:

• Canada.ca/coronavirus
• CSC’s Twitter account
• CSC’s Facebook account