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A lockdown has been put in place at Joyceville Institution, a medium-security correctional facility just east of Kingston on Highway 15. According to the Correctional Service of Canada, the lockdown was put in place on Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2020 “to resolve a workplace health and safety issue.” “I can say
Read moreThe Assessment Unit at Joyceville Institution is currently on lockdown, according to the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, the lockdown was put in place to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search for the presence of contraband, CSC said in
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The Maximum Security Unit at Collins Bay Institution is currently on lockdown to allow for an exceptional search. According to Correctional Service Canada (CSC), the unit was placed on lockdown on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 to allow staff to conduct the search, which was ordered to “ensure the safety and
Read moreThe medium security unit at Collins Bay Institution has been placed on lockdown to allow for an exceptional search to take place, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The lockdown was put in place on Monday, Jul. 29. 2019 at approximately 12:23 p.m. to allow staff members to conduct the
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The Assessment Unit at Joyceville Institution is currently on lockdown to allow for a search to take place. Correctional Service Canada stated that the lockdown was put in place on Friday, Jul. 5, 2019, at about 11 a.m. The assessment unit was locked down in order to enable staff members
Read moreThe medium security unit of Collins Bay Institution has been placed on lockdown and an exceptional search is taking place, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The lockdown was put in place at approximately 12:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Jul. 2, 2019. “The search was ordered to ensure the safety and
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The medium security unit at Collins Bay Instituion is currently on lockdown to allow staff members to conduct an exceptional search. The lockdown was put in place at about 3:30 p.m. on May 29, 2019, according to Correctional Service Canda (CSC). “The search was ordered to ensure the safety and
Read moreStaff at Collins Bay Institution seized a package containing a combined 2,819.6 grams of tobacco, marijuana, and crack cocaine inside the medium security unit, resulting in a lockdown of the unit. The package was seized at approximately 12:15 p.m. “as the result of the vigilance of staff members,” according to
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The Assessment Unit at Joyceville Institution is currently on lockdown in order for staff members to perform an exceptional search. According to Correctional Service Canada (CSC), the Assessment Unit was placed on lockdown on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at approximately 4 p.m. CSC did not indicate what prompted the lockdown, saying
Read moreSeveral packages containing contraband and unauthorized items have been seized at the medium security unit at Collins Bay Institution, and the Institution’s maximum security unit has been placed on lockdown, according to press releases from Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The seized packages were discovered “as the result of the vigilance
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Visits have been suspended at the Ontario Regional Treatment Centre at Millhaven Institution as a precautionary measure due to gastroenteritis virus, according to a press release from Correctional Services Canada (CSC). Due to several inmates showing symptoms of gastroenteritis virus (an intestinal virus sometimes referred to as ‘stomach flu’), visits
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