Commissioner's Directives

Note: Policies are currently being updated to include changes brought by Bill C-83, An Act to Amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act, which are currently captured in Interim Policy Bulletins 648 and 649. Versions of these policies are available upon request by contacting:


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CD 001 Mission, Values and Ethics Framework of the Correctional Service of Canada (2018-04-23)

CD 002 Designation of Release Sites other than Penitentiaries (2018-06-25)

CD 003 Peace Officer Designations (1992-11-01)

CD 004 National Standards for the Deployment of Correctional Officers (2017-05-29)

GL 005-1 Institutional Management Structure: Roles and Responsibilities (2008-06-30)

CD 009 Research (2017-11-20)

CD 022 Media Relations (2014-01-20)

CD 023 Citizen Advisory Committees (2013-09-30)

CD 024 Management of Correctional Service of Canada Volunteers (2018-07-23)

CD 026 Communications (2019-06-17)

CD 041 Incident Investigations (2020-09-08)

CD 048 Information Sharing and Provision of Support Services Associated with Coroner’s/Medical Examiner's Death Investigations or Inquests/Inquiries (2019-03-25)

CD 060 Code of Discipline (2019-07-22)

CD 081 Offender Complaints and Grievances (2019-06-28)

CD 083 Inmate Committees (2008-09-26)

CD 084 Inmates' Access to Legal Assistance and the Police (2002-03-28)

CD 085 Correspondence and Telephone Communication (2001-12-17)

CD 087 Official Languages (2019-09-16)

CD 100 Gender Diverse Offenders (2022-05-09

CD 200 Policy Framework (2018-10-01)

CD 225 Information Technology Security (2016-12-19)

CD 226 Use Of Electronic Resources (2016-12-19)

CD 227 Use of Web 2.0 Technology (2015-05-04)

CD 228 Information Management (2017-07-17)

CD 234 Claims for Staff Personal Effects and Inmate Personal Effects and the Offender Accident Compensation Program (2016-02-29)

CD 253 Employee Assistance Program (2002-05-13)

CD 254 Occupational Safety and Health and Return to Work Programs (2002-06-04)

CD 259 Exposure To Second Hand Smoke (2014-03-17)

CD 265 CSC Recognition Program (2014-04-01)

CD 266-1 Half-Masting of the National Flag of Canada and Other Flags (2013-05-15)

CD 300 Real Property (2001-01-23)

CD 318 Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development (2022-04-04)

CD 320 Facilities Maintenance Management (2022-12-12)

ISD 335 Internal Services Directive - Fleet Management (2020-06-30)

CD 340 Electronic Security Systems (2018-03-05)

CD 345 Fire Safety (2008-10-31)

FD 350 Contracting and Materiel Management (2017-03-27)

FD 350-1 Asset Management (2016-05-16)

FD 350-3 Contracting (2022-03-28)

FD 350-4 Acquisition Cards (2015-04-27)

CD 351 Employee Clothing Entitlements (2008-12-19)

CD 352 Inmate Clothing Entitlements (2003-03-19)

CD 530 Death of an Inmate: Notifications and Funeral Arrangements (2022-07-11)

CD 541 Interjurisdictional Exchange of Service Agreements (2022-07-18)

CD 543 CCRA Section 81 Agreements (2022-07-18)

CD 544 Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (1999-11-15)

CD 550 Inmate Accommodation (2018-08-20)

CD 559 Visits (2015-07-02)

CD 563 Identification Cards (1987-01-01)

CD 564 Departmental Security (2015-02-09)

CD 564-1 Individual Security Screening (2018-11-13)

CD 564-2 Departmental Physical Security (2015-02-09)

CD 564-5 Access to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) (2018-09-17)

CD 564-6 Business Continuity Program (2016-08-15)

CD 566 Framework for Safe and Effective Correctional Environments (2020-03-16)

CD 566-1 Control of Entry to and Exit From Institutions (2015-07-02)

CD 566-2 Control of Vehicle Entry to and Exit from Institutions (2012-06-13)

CD 566-3 Inmate Movement (2021-12-20)

CD 566-4 Inmate Counts and Security Patrols (2017-05-29)

CD 566-5 Non-Security Escorts (2017-04-18)

CD 566-6 Security Escorts (2018-06-18)

CD 566-7 Searching of Inmates (2015-07-02)

CD 566-8 Searching of Staff and Visitors (2015-07-02)

CD 566-9 Searching of Cells, Vehicles and Other Areas (2015-07-02)

CD 566-10 Urinalysis Testing (2015-06-18)

CD 566-11 Electronic Monitoring of Offenders (2016-08-15)

CD 566-12 Personal Property of Offenders (2015-10-19)

CD 566-13 Detector Dog Program (2015-03-23)

CD 566-15 - Closed Circuit Television Systems (2017-06-26)

CD 567 Management of Incidents (2018-01-15)

CD 567-1 Use of Force (2018-12-17)

CD 567-2 Use of and Responding to Alarms (2016-07-04)

CD 567-3 Use of Restraint Equipment for Security Purposes (2018-02-26)

CD 567-4 Use of Chemical and Inflammatory Agents (2016-02-01)

CD 567-5 Use of Firearms (2018-12-10)

CD 568 Management of Security Information and Intelligence (2013-11-18)

CD 568-1 Recording and Reporting of Security Incidents (2016-06-06)

CD 568-2 Recording and Sharing of Security Information and Intelligence (2021-01-25)

CD 568-3 Identification and Management of Security Threat Groups (2016-06-06)

CD 568-4 Preservation of Crime Scenes and Evidence (2019-01-21)

CD 568-5 Management of Seized Items (2014-12-08)

CD 568-6 Creation, Control and Handling of Preventive Security and Intelligence Files (2014-05-12)

CD 568-7 Incompatible Offenders (2021-08-23)

CD 568-8 Authority for and Use of Surveillance Equipment (2013-11-18)

CD 568-9 Management of Human Sources (2015-09-14)

CD 568-10 Interception of Inmate Communications (2021-06-28)

CD 570 Security Equipment (2018-04-09)

CD 573 Control of Items Critical to the Security and Safety of Institutions (1992-11-01)

CD 574 Sexual Coercion and Violence (2022-05-09)

CD 577 Staff Protocol in Women Offender Institutions (2019-07-22)

CD 578 Intensive Intervention Strategy in Women Offender Institutions/Units (2019-11-30)

CD 580 Discipline of Inmates (2021-06-28)

CD 581 Violations of the Law by Inmates (2004-04-20)

CD 585 National Drug Strategy (2007-05-08)

CD 600 Management of Emergencies (2018-09-17)

CD 700 Correctional Interventions (2017-05-15)

CD 701 Information Sharing (2016-06-01)

CD 702 Indigenous Offenders (2013-11-12)

CD 703 Sentence Management (2017-04-10)

CD 704 International Transfers (2013-06-27)

CD 705 Intake Assessment Process and Correctional Plan Framework (2014-03-24)

CD 705-1 Preliminary Assessments and Post-Sentence Community Assessments (2017-12-18)

CD 705-2 Information Collection (2015-11-23)

CD 705-3 Immediate Needs Identification and Admission Interviews (2018-01-22)

CD 705-4 Orientation (2014-03-24)

CD 705-5 Supplementary Intake Assessments (2017-01-23)

CD 705-6 Correctional Planning and Criminal Profile (2019-04-15)

CD 705-7 Security Classification and Penitentiary Placement (2018-01-15)

CD 705-8 Assessing Serious Harm (2014-03-24)

CD 706 Classification of Institutions (2018-11-07)

CD 708 Special Handling Unit (2018-09-10)

CD 710 Institutional Supervision Framework (2013-11-12)

CD 710-1 Progress Against the Correctional Plan (2019-04-15)

CD 710-2 Transfer of Inmates (2018-11-07)

CD 710-3 Temporary Absences (2016-06-01)

CD 710-4 Perimeter Security Clearance (2014-04-01)

CD 710-5 Judicial Review of Parole Ineligibility (2016-06-01)

CD 710-6 Review of Inmate Security Classification (2018-01-15)

CD 710-7 Work Releases (2021-01-25)

CD 710-8 Private Family Visits (2016-10-11)

CD 711 Structured Intervention Units (2019-11-30)

CD 712 Case Preparation and Pre-release Framework (2012-06-13)

CD 712-1 Pre-Release Decision-Making (2019-04-15)

CD 712-2 Detention (2015-04-23)

CD 712-3 Parole Board of Canada Reviews (2017-05-15)

CD 712-4 Release Process (2019-04-15)

CD 712-5 Pre-release Case Preparation for Provincial/Territorial Offenders and Federal Offenders Incarcerated in Provincial/Territorial Facilities (2016-06-01)

GL 713-1 Planning and Consultation Guidelines for the Establishment and/or Relocation of Parole Offices (2010-11-23)

CD 714 Community Correctional Centre Standards (2015-06-02)

CD 715 Community Supervision Framework (2019-04-15)

CD 715-1 Community Supervision (2019-04-15)

CD 715-2 Post-Release Decision Process (2019-04-15)

CD 715-3 Community Assessments (2019-04-15)

CD 715-4 Case Preparation and Supervision of Women Offenders With Children Residing at a Community-Based Residential Facility (2012-06-13

CD 718 Designation of Persons With Authority for Suspension (2016-06-20)

CD 719 - Long-Term Supervision Orders (2016-06-01)

CD 720 Education Programs and Services for Offenders (2017-05-15)

CD 726 Correctional Programs (2021-11-08)

CD 730 Offender Program Assignments and Inmate Payments (2016-08-22)

CD 735 Employment and Employability Program (2017-05-15)

CD 737 Inmate-operated Business Enterprises (1997-01-24)

CD 750 Chaplaincy Services (2016-11-14)

CD 760 Leisure Activities (2016-05-02)

CD 764 Access to Expressive Material (2018-05-14)

CD 767 Ethnocultural Offender: Services and Interventions (2021-01-25)

CD 768 Institutional Mother-Child Program (2020-01-24)

CD 784 Victim Engagement (2019-04-29)

CD 785 Restorative Opportunities Program and Victim-offender Mediation Services (2015-07-23

CD 786 Victim Complaints (2015-07-23)

CD 800 Health Services (2015-04-27)

CD 822 Medical Isolation and Modified Routine for COVID-19 (2022-03-28)

CD 843 Interventions to Preserve Life and Prevent Serious Bodily Harm (2017-08-01)

CD 860 Offender's Money (2014-10-27)

CD 870 - Maintenance Allowance for Offenders (1992-11-01)

CD 880 Food Services (2019-06-28)

CD 890 Inmate Owned Canteens (2014-06-23)
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