Correctional and Remand Centres 

Correctional and Remand Centres

• Adult correctional centres are located in Fort Saskatchewan, Peace River, Calgary and Lethbridge.
• Remand centres are located in Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Calgary.  Kainai Community Correctional Centre is a contracted service provided by the Blood Tribe and is located at Standoff, Alberta.

Programs

Personal development programs are offered in each correctional facility to address the needs of adult sentenced inmates and include:

Counseling and personal development programs

• Life management skills
• Anger management
• Family violence prevention
• Addictions awareness
• Release planning
• Aboriginal culture and spirituality programs

Employment and work programs  are offered to increase inmate employability

• Employment skills

Educational/vocational programs

Community based programs are provided to adult inmates through a network of community corrections offices located across the province. To find out more about these programs visit community corrections adult programs.

Operational Requirements for Correctional Centres

The following operational requirements ensure safety and security in correctional centres:

• Assessment, classification, and placement of remand and sentenced inmates.
• Supervision of remand and sentenced inmates.
• Reporting on remand and sentenced inmates (e.g. behavior, health, etc.).
• Providing rehabilitation services to sentenced and, where feasible and appropriate, remand inmates.
• Providing health services to remand and sentenced inmates.
• Providing specialized programs to sentenced inmates (e.g. family violence prevention program, prostitution prevention, anger management, substance abuse).
• Providing opportunities for employment programs to sentenced inmates.
• Providing opportunities for educational upgrading and skills training to sentenced inmates.
• Collecting and sharing gang and organized crime intelligence.
• Providing opportunities for Aboriginal inmate programs.
• Court coordination for remand and sentenced inmates.
• Transporting remand and sentenced inmates where required.

Facts

• The last five years of the average daily inmate population for all correctional and remand centres is summarized in the table below. The change in the average daily inmate population represents a 22.5% increase over the five year period.

• Aboriginal admissions, as a percentage of total admissions, remained virtually unchanged over the past years   at about 36.5%.
• The average stay for remanded inmates (those awaiting trial) was 18 days.