Most Court Records Sent to Federal Prisons Contain Paperwork Errors: Audit Report

Most Court Records Sent to Federal Prisons Contain Paperwork Errors: Audit Report
A patch is seen on the uniform of a corrections officer in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Isaac Teo
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Up to 80 percent of court records sent to federal prisons contain paperwork errors, according to an audit report by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).

Released on March 7, the report said that most Warrant of Committal (WOC) documents the CSC received from courts of various jurisdictions contained typographical errors. WOC is the “sole official document source for the detention and conveyance to a correctional facility,” wrote auditors, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.