Suicide is the number one killer among offenders in federal prisons.
At the Correctional Service of Canada, we are committed to reducing the suicide rate among offenders. Accordingly, such deaths are investigated, either at a regional or national level. In the past, the scope of suicide investigations was quite limited. By focusing primarily on the administrative responses to the incident, our ability to help suicidal offenders was limited, as well as our ability to learn from past experiences and investigations. Now, however, additional information is being collected during suicide investigations.