Corrections Canada

Corrections Canada (French: Services correctionnels), officially the Canada Correctional Services Agency (CCSA; Agence des services correctionnels du Canada, ASCC), is an agency of Public Security Canada, the Canadian federal government's interior ministry, which is overseen by the Solicitor General of Canada, the second-highest ranking legal official in the Cabinet of Canada, after the Attorney General. The Solicitor General also oversees the activities of the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canada Sheriff Service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie's civilian operations, and the Parole Board of Canada.

Corrections Canada is responsible for operating all federal prisons in the country. Unlike many other federations, in Canada, non-federal prisoners sentenced in a provincial or territorial judicial system to a term of two years or more are automatically transferred to the custody of a federal prison, although said prisoners' legal cases remain at the provincial level and continue to be handled by provincial courts, and it is up to provincial administrators to decide on issues such as bail, early release, probation, parole, etc. Because offenders sentenced to less than two years are rarely if ever considered appropriate for maximum-security incarceration, in Canada, all maximum-security prisons are federal prisons (though not all federal prisons are maximum-security).