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 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 31 correctional facilities that include:

• correctional centres
• detention centres
• jails, and
• treatment centres