Correctional Service of Canada / Service correctionnel Canada

Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) and Regulations (Department of Justice) An Act respecting corrections and the conditional release and detention of offenders and to establish the office of Correctional Investigator.

National Parole Board The National Parole Board (NPB/Board) is an agency within the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada which also includes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). The Board is an independent administrative tribunal that has exclusive authority under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to grant, deny, cancel, terminate or revoke day parole and full parole.


Opportunities for renewal in sentencing and corrections

Policy Centre for Victims Issues The Policy Centre for Victim Issues at the Department of Justice Canada is mandated to work toward increasing the confidence of victims of crime in the criminal justice system by pursuing a range of activities and initiatives to: make victims more aware of their role in the criminal justice system and the laws, services and assistance applicable to them; increase overall awareness about the needs of victims of crime and effective approaches in Canada and internationally improve the ability of the Department of Justice to develop laws and policy that take into consideration the perspectives of victims.

Public Safety Canada: National Crime Prevention Centre A Canadian governmental organization hoping to prevent crime in Canada by taking action at the community level

Waseskun Network Waseskun House, incorporated in 1988, is a charitable, non-profit and non-political organization that operates the first and only totally Native community residential center (CRC) in the province of Quebec for First Nations men.

Working Together - HEALING LODGES FOR ABORIGINAL FEDERAL OFFENDERS The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has introduced a new concept in federal corrections for Aboriginal offenders. "Healing lodges" offer services and programs that reflect Aboriginal culture in a space that incorporates Aboriginal peoples' tradition and beliefs. In the healing lodge, the needs of Aboriginal offenders serving federal sentences are addressed through Aboriginal teachings and ceremonies, contact with Elders and children, and interaction with nature.