Correctional Services

Jurisdiction

In carrying out its correctional services mandate, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services has jurisdiction over:

• offenders 18 years of age and over who are:
• sentenced to terms of imprisonment of less than two years, and/or
• terms of probation of up to three years, or
• conditional sentences of up to two years less a day;
• offenders under parole supervision, as granted by the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board;
• adults on remand, awaiting trial or sentencing;
• adults held for immigration hearing or deportation;
• offenders awaiting transfer to federal institutions to serve sentences of two years or more.

The ministry maintains the following facilities:

• 26 jails and detention centres;
• 10 correctional centres;
• 2 correctional complexes; and
• 125 probation and parole offices.