What's New
- New Look for Office of the Correctional Investigator’s Website, April 19, 2013 (HTML)
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Spirit Matters: Aboriginal People and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, March 07, 2013 (HTML) (PDF, 685kb)
- News Release (HTML)
- Backgrounder (HTML)
- Highlights Deck (HTML) (PDF, 78kb)
- Correctional Investigator Receives Diamond Jubilee Award, February 25, 2013 (HTML)
- Jean-Claude Bernheim Receives the 2012 Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award, December 11, 2012 (HTML)
- 2011-2012 Departmental Performance Report (HTML) (PDF 304kb)
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Annual Report 2011-2012, October 23, 2012 (HTML) (PDF, 1.4 mb)
Featured News Stories
- Corrections Canada changes rules for medical emergencies after inmate’s death The Globe and Mail (April 11, 2013)
- Ashley Smith inquest: Did difficult inmate belong in a jail or a psychiatric facility?, The Star (March 24, 2013)
- Canadian prisons ‘out of step’ on solitary confinement The Globe and Mail (March 21, 2013)
- Don't train inmates for 'jobs of yesterday,' corrections officials told, The Ottawa Citizen (March 13, 2013)
- Marie-France Kingsley, Director of Investigations with the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada, discusses the findings and recommendations of a Special Report tabled in Parliament entitled "Spirit Matters: Aboriginal People and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act." (Discussion involving the OCI begins at 10:00), CPAC (March 7, 2013)
- Canada failing Aboriginal inmates, watchdog says, CTV News (March 7, 2013)
- Number of prisoners who self-harm almost tripled over past five years: report, The Canadian Press (October 23, 2012)
- Federal prison population in Canada growing, The Star (October 23, 2012)
- Le C-10 ne fera rien pour traiter les graves pénuries de soins de santé mentale dans nos prisons (in French), Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (February 23, 2012)
- Enquête sur une hausse des détenus noirs au Canada (in French), Radio Canada (December 15, 2011)
Highlights
Spirit Matters: Aboriginal People and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act - March 7th, 2013
The 2011-2012 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator - October 23rd, 2012
Jean-Claude Bernheim Receives the 2012 Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award - December 11, 2012
Unauthorized Force: An Investigation into the Dangerous Use of Firearms at Kent Inst. - March 21, 2011
Mission Statement
As the ombudsman for federally sentenced offenders, the Office of the Correctional Investigator serves Canadians and contributes to safe, lawful and humane corrections through independent oversight of the Correctional Service of Canada by providing accessible, impartial and timely investigation of individual and systemic concerns.
Recent Parliamentary Appearances
- December 12, 2012, Bill C-293 (An Act to amend the CCRA - vexatious complainants) Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
- May 8, 2012, Bill C-350 (An Act to amend the CCRA - accountability of offenders), Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security
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