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Program directory · Correctional Service Canada

Institutional Management and Support

Program code
BUJ01 (CSC)
Core responsibility
Care and Custody
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Institutional Management and Support Program contributes to Care and Custody through the day-to-day management of operational activities and institutional services for inmates.

Key activities include administering, operating and maintaining institutions; establishing operational processes and procedures; managing allocated financial and human resources; directing and overseeing the delivery of integrated correctional operations; monitoring the effectiveness of institutional security activities; considering threats, risks, vulnerabilities and physical security requirements and controls; managing the intelligence function for institutions; ensuring coordination across the criminal justice system; providing a safe environment for staff and inmates; and making decisions and recommendations related to inmates within delegated authorities.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Institutional Management and Support 2018-19: $127MInstitutional Management and Support 2019-20: $125MInstitutional Management and Support 2020-21: $166MInstitutional Management and Support 2021-22: $180MInstitutional Management and Support 2022-23: $163MInstitutional Management and Support 2023-24: $190MInstitutional Management and Support 2024-25: $210MInstitutional Management and Support 2025-26: $513MInstitutional Management and Support 2026-27: $650MInstitutional Management and Support 2027-28: $159MInstitutional Management and Support 2028-29: $155MInstitutional Management and Support
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Institutional Management and SupportThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$1.16B

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Spending $166M, against $125M in 2019-20 (+32%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $513M, against $210M in 2024-25 (+145%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Indicators added: Rate of minor/moderate safety incidents per 1,000 inmatesDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Rate of critical safety incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody (suicides, accidental deaths) - (Objective: Zero); Rate of minor/moderate safety incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody; Rate of serious safety incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custodyDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned spending $650M, against $513M in 2025-26 (+27%).Latest Departmental Plan
2027-28Planned spending $159M, against $650M in 2026-27 (−76%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Rate of critical safety incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody (suicides, accidental deaths) - (Objective: Zero)
Expected result: Institutional management is compliant with policy and law
0.422018-19✓ met0.82019-20✗ not met0.482020-21✓ met0.652021-22✗ not met0.542022-23✓ met0.722023-24✗ not met0.472024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 0.6820190.42Met
2019-20≤ 0.6820200.8
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2020-21≤ 0.6820210.48Met
2021-22≤ 0.6220220.65
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2021-22 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2022-23≤ 0.6220230.54Met
2023-24≤ 0.4820240.72
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2024-25≤ 0.4820250.47Met
Rate of minor/moderate safety incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody
Expected result: Institutional management is compliant with policy and law
230.12018-19✗ not met250.12019-20✗ not met236.12020-21✗ not met201.72021-22✓ met166.52022-23✓ met181.82023-24✗ not met232.52024-25✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 183.82019230.1
Minor and moderate safety and security incidents trended upward for the fourth consecutive year. This can be explained, at least in part, by the increasing complexity of the population under CSC’s jurisdiction. CSC has custody of offenders with extensive histories of violence and violent crimes, previous youth and adult convictions, and affiliations with gangs and organized crime. In addition, of…
Not met
2019-20≤ 183.82020250.1
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2020-21≤ 183.82021236.1
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2020-21 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2021-22≤ 206.72022201.7Met
2022-23≤ 206.72023166.5Met
2023-24≤ 174.82024181.8
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2024-25≤ 174.82025232.5
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2024-25 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
Rate of serious safety incidents per 1,000 offenders in federal custody
Expected result: Institutional management is compliant with policy and law
8.272018-19✗ not met12.12019-20✗ not met102020-21✗ not met10.382021-22✗ not met9.812022-23✗ not met9.172023-24✓ met8.762024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 7.9220198.27
Rate of CSC’s serious safety incidents is impacted by inmates’ mental health issues.
Not met
2019-20≤ 7.92202012.1
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2020-21≤ 7.92202110
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2020-21 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2021-22≤ 9.25202210.38
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2021-22 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2022-23≤ 9.2520239.81
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
2023-24≤ 10.7820249.17Met
2024-25≤ 10.7820258.76Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Rate of minor/moderate safety incidents per 1,000 inmates
Expected result: Institutional management is compliant with policy and law
236.52026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≤ 236.52027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $110M2018-19: $127M2018-192019-20: $103M2019-20: $125M2019-202020-21: $139M2020-21: $166M2020-212021-22: $135M2021-22: $180M2021-222022-23: $295M2022-23: $163M2022-232023-24: $267M2023-24: $190M2023-242024-25: $143M2024-25: $210M2024-252025-26: $513M2025-262026-27: $650M2026-272027-28: $159M2027-282028-29: $155M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$110M$127M
2019-20$103M$125M
2020-21$139M$166M
2021-22$135M$180M
2022-23$295M$163M
2023-24$267M$190M
2024-25$143M$210M
2025-26$513M—
2026-27$650M—
2027-28$159M*—
2028-29$155M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 9132018-19: 9382018-192019-20: 9252019-20: 9592019-202020-21: 9372020-21: 9612020-212021-22: 9382021-22: 1,0342021-222022-23: 1,0752022-23: 1,1042022-232023-24: 1,1042023-24: 1,1252023-242024-25: 9812024-25: 1,0642024-252025-26: 1,0412025-262026-27: 9782026-272027-28: 9432027-282028-29: 9432028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19913938
2019-20925959
2020-21937961
2021-229381,034
2022-231,0751,104
2023-241,1041,125
2024-259811,064
2025-261,041—
2026-27978—
2027-28943*—
2028-29943*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.