How do visits work?
Maintaining positive relationships with family, friends, and community supports plays an important role during incarceration. Visits help individuals stay connected, support emotional well being, and ...
23 Juli 18min
Meet the Commissioner
In this episode of Prisons Inside / Out, we’re thrilled to welcome our Commissioner, Talal Dakalbab, to the podcast. Having recently stepped into this role, he is beginning an important chapter not on...
15 Juni 21min
CORCAN 101
CORCAN is a special operating agency within the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) that helps federally incarcerated individuals gain real-world job skills, work experiences, and confidence they can...
30 Apr 22min
Security Threat Groups
Traditional organized crime groups, outlaw motorcycle gangs, street gangs… On the outside, we think of them as criminal organizations. But inside Canada’s federal prisons, we refer to them as Security...
6 Mars 20min
Behind the Badge (Emergency Response Teams)
The Behind the Badge series is back, sharing the stories and voices of frontline staff across the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). In this episode, we take you inside the world of CSC’s Emergency...
19 Jan 22min
Inmate committees
Every federal prison in Canada has an inmate committee. But what do they actually do, and why does it matter? These elected groups of inmates represent the incarcerated population and play a very impo...
10 Dec 202517min
Corrections in women's institutions
Ever wondered what life is really like inside a federal women’s prison in Canada?Correctional services for women have been shaped by decades of evolution, beginning with the landmark Creating Choices ...
5 Nov 202527min
Education in prison
In this episode, we explore how education transforms lives within Canada's federal correctional institutions. We’ll hear a teacher talk about his work, and we'll also hear from one of his students who...
3 Okt 202529min
