Serving a Custody Sentence
If you are required to serve your sentence in custody, you will be placed in a provincial or federal correctional centre. Where you serve your sentence depends on its length.
For a sentence of less than two years, you will be held in a provincial correctional centre. For a sentence of two years or more, you will be held in a federal correctional centre.Explore this Section
To learn about serving your sentence in custody, please explore this section:
Corrections Help and Support
While in custody, you will meet regularly with corrections staff, who will help you make your time in custody as productive as possible. Before you are released from custody, they will work with you to prepare for your return to the community. This is called pre-release planning.
More Information
For more information, please visit the following sections on this website:
- Custody Sentences - to learn more about custody sentences.
- Additional Conditions - to learn more about the conditions the court can order.
- Role of Corrections - to learn more about the role of Corrections.
- Accused or Offender - Services and Resources - to learn more about the services and programs available to you.
- Youth Custody - Youth Justice - to learn more about serving a youth sentence in custody.
