Characteristics of Individuals Serving Life and Indeterminate Sentences within Federal Institutions for Women

Characteristics of Individuals Serving Life and Indeterminate Sentences within Federal Institutions for Women is an open dataset from Correctional Service of Canada with 2 files (HTML); catalogue record updated 2026-10-14. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

While women account for a relatively small portion of the federal correctional population, prior research noted growth in the federally-incarcerated population of women serving life and indeterminate sentences between fiscal years (FYs) 2015 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020 (Motiuk & Hayden, 2021). The current analysis provides updated trends regarding the size and characteristics of the life and indeterminate-sentenced population within federal institutions for women.

Publisher

Correctional Service of Canada

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2

Catalogue metadata updated

2026-10-14