Two Broken Prison Sprinklers Cost Correctional Service Canada $1.1M

A corrections officer's shoulder patch is seen in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women in Abbotsford, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Correctional Service Canada ended up with a $1.1 million bill for repairs after an inmate at a New Brunswick prison broke two sprinklers.

The damage was reported in last year’s public accounts, an annual report on government spending, recently tabled by the federal government.