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Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations (SOR/92-620)

Regulations are current to 2025-12-10 and last amended on 2024-10-01. Previous Versions

  •  (1) If a body scanner is in the penitentiary and is in proper working order and a detailed body scan search can be conducted, the institutional head shall not authorize the detention of an inmate in a dry cell under section 51 of the Act unless the inmate has been the subject of such a search and the results of the search indicate that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the inmate has ingested contraband or is carrying contraband in their rectum.

  • (2) If the inmate is the subject of a new detailed body scan search, the institutional head shall not authorize continuing the detention of the inmate in a dry cell unless the results of the search indicate that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the inmate has ingested contraband or is carrying contraband in their rectum.

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