Latest information on COVID-19
This information is updated regularly to provide the most up-to-date information about the COVID-19 situation at CSC.
- Inmate COVID-19 testing and case summaries (February 25, 2021)
- Find out if the institution you want to visit is open or closed (February 18, 2021)
- News releases about COVID-19 and CSC (January 25, 2021)
- Commissioner’s updates to stakeholders during COVID-19 (January 22, 2021)
- Commissioner’s updates to staff during COVID-19 (February 19, 2021)
- Messages for offenders and families of offenders (February 19, 2021)
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.
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General information
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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:
Resources
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:
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