Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 35 : Justice (25-42)

Commissioner’s Directive 541-2 “Negotiation, Implementation and Management of CCRA Section 81 Agreements

July 14, 2010

Correctional Services Canada (CSC) is currently updating a number of policies to ensure timely assessment of Indigenous community applications for a Section 81 Agreement while strengthening how CSC processes the transfer of Indigenous offenders to Healing Lodges as part of their reintegration plans to the community. CSC is currently reviewing several Indigenous Community Expressions of Interest to enter into a Section 81 agreement with the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness for the care and custody of Indigenous men and women offenders.