Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Marginal note:Disciplinary offences

40 An inmate commits a disciplinary offence who

• (a) disobeys a justifiable order of a staff member;

• (b) is, without authorization, in an area prohibited to inmates;

• (c) wilfully or recklessly damages or destroys property that is not the inmate’s;

• (d) commits theft;

• (e) is in possession of stolen property;

• (f) is disrespectful or abusive toward a staff member in a manner that could undermine a staff member’s authority;

• (g) is disrespectful or abusive toward any person in a manner that is likely to provoke a person to be violent;

• (h) fights with, assaults or threatens to assault another person;

• (i) is in possession of, or deals in, contraband;

• (j) without prior authorization, is in possession of, or deals in, an item that is not authorized by a Commissioner’s Directive or by a written order of the institutional head;

• (k) takes an intoxicant into the inmate’s body;

• (l) fails or refuses to provide a urine sample when demanded pursuant to section 54 or 55;

• (m) creates or participates in

  • (i) a disturbance, or

  • (ii) any other activity

  that is likely to jeopardize the security of the penitentiary;

• (n) does anything for the purpose of escaping or assisting another inmate to escape;

• (o) offers, gives or accepts a bribe or reward;

• (p) without reasonable excuse, refuses to work or leaves work;

• (q) engages in gambling;

• (r) wilfully disobeys a written rule governing the conduct of inmates; or

• (s) attempts to do, or assists another person to do, anything referred to in paragraphs (a) to (r).