Use of Force in Correctional Institutions

Description

This page contains data on all use of force incidents that occurred in a provincial adult correctional institution in Ontario in the reporting calendar year. Data were extracted from Inmate Incident Reports (IIRs) in the Incident Report Management (IRM) system; all IIRs in IRM that included "use of force" as an incident type and occurred in the reporting calendar year were extracted. In alignment with the ministry’s commitment to Anti-Racism Act, 2017 (ARA) reporting, this dataset along with the [Profile of People under Correctional Supervision](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/people-under-correctional-supervision) was used to analyze race- and identity-based data in use of force incidents in correctional institutions. The resulting technical report available on [Anti-Racism Act (ARA) Reporting in Corrections](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/anti-racism-act-ara-reporting-in-corrections) provides background on the data collection and reporting; a description of the data sources; an overview of the data cleaning and analytic methods; a review of the scope and limitations of the data collected; and descriptive analyses. This information is essential for understanding how to analyze the data appropriately and interpret any results from the analysis. __Note__: Resources on this page may be updated periodically. For information on data updates, please consult the available metadata such as data dictionary and supporting documentation. ## Related Links: * [Profile of People Under Correctional Supervision](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/people-under-correctional-supervision) * [Anti-Racism Act (ARA) Reporting in Correctional Services]( https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/anti-racism-act-ara-reporting-in-corrections) * [Incident Report Management (IRM)](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/incident-report-management-irm) * [Ontario's Provincial Correctional Institutions](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/ontario-s-correctional-institutions-locations/resource/97d82317-539c-479d-9479-4dd9b7e9e08c)

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Name Format Description Link
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca) HTML https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956
Use of Force Incidents CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/0cd1a330-b6e3-4120-96ce-90c750522064/download/incidents.csv
Institution Incident Summary CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/25ad22ed-5df7-42a0-94e0-a6652ceb9442/download/institution_incident_summary.csv
Use of Force in Correctional Institutions–Data Dictionary xlsx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/27f93472-2ba2-4d35-a13c-534781e820a8/download/data_dictionary_use_of_force_in_correctional_institutions_2026-08-15.xlsx
Inmate Participant Ethnic Origin CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/3291665c-a77e-41a3-9549-94c6293320b5/download/ethnic_origin_corrections_uof_id.csv
Data Update Note Docx https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/6e50e299-c19d-4fbb-92ed-919a6bac9e91/download/dun_2026_corrections_uof.docx
Inmate Participant Race CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/93f1f1f1-4347-4236-a8e3-7e2f1b0f8068/download/race_corrections_uof_id.csv
Inmate Participant Religion CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/a065f65f-8994-4242-9aa3-5a457445331f/download/religion_corrections_uof_id.csv
Location Incident Summary CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/b7299617-bc85-464a-8a3a-cf42c9f51c27/download/location_incident_summary.csv
Staff-to-Incidents CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/befd3aba-9cab-430a-93f7-76cef36af250/download/staff_incident.csv
Select Incident Type Summary CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/c74a5c2f-8a55-488c-aa7a-b5b61fe92dad/download/select_incident_type_summary.csv
Inmate-to-Incidents CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/ee273b03-64df-48fc-ad6c-a0d1d35a9e27/download/inmate_incident.csv
Inmate Participant Indigenous Identity CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/f6ed9442-12ab-4534-ac80-73bea6ac0094/download/indigenous_corrections_uof_id.csv
Inmate Participant CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/fc5cdb84-20f8-4ceb-94e5-c8d347b40021/download/inmate_corrections_uof_id.csv
Incident Type CSV https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956/resource/ff5b61e2-b73d-47d1-843c-0c6711acabcd/download/incident_type.csv
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca/fr) HTML https://data.ontario.ca/fr/dataset/cd6fb7c3-c854-4675-a595-3000863ae956

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