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Correctional services

Adult offender and youth services, including community corrections, remand centres, and rules for visiting inmates.

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Overview

The Correctional Services division oversees adult offenders who receive sentences of less than 2 years and youths. Its branches oversee:

  • adult offenders in correctional facilities
  • offenders sentenced to community sentences
  • youths

The main functions of the division include:

  • overseeing court orders and sentences
  • assessing inmates’ and youths’ needs and risks
  • assisting and encouraging inmates and youths to use programs and services to develop their skillsets
  • ensuring facility operations
  • keeping inmates and youths accountable through custody, supervision and work services

Contact

Connect with the Correctional Services division:

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-3440
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Fax: 780-427-5905

Address:
Correctional Services division
Public Safety and Emergency Services
10th Floor, John E. Brownlee Building
10365 97 Street
Edmonton, Alberta  T5J 3W7

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