182. Confidentiality - Subject to this Part, the Correctional Investigator and every person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Correctional Investigator shall not disclose any information that comes to their knowledge in the exercise of their powers or the performance of their functions and duties under this Part.

183. (1) Disclosure authorized - Subject to subsection (2), the Correctional Investigator may disclose or may authorize any person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Correctional Investigator to disclose information

that, in the opinion of the Correctional Investigator, is necessary to

carry out an investigation, or

establish the grounds for findings and recommendations made under this Part; or

in the course of a prosecution for an offence under this Part or a prosecution for an offence under section 131 (perjury) of the Criminal Code in respect of a statement made under this Part.

         (2) Exceptions - The Correctional Investigator and every person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Correctional Investigator shall take every reasonable precaution to avoid the disclosure of, and shall not disclose, any information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected

to disclose information obtained or prepared in the course of lawful investigations pertaining to

the detection, prevention or suppression of crime,

the enforcement of any law of Canada or a province, where the investigation is ongoing, or

activities suspected of constituting threats to the security of Canada within the meaning of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act,

if the information came into existence less than twenty years before the anticipated disclosure;

to be injurious to the conduct of any lawful investigation;

in respect of any individual under sentence for an offence against any Act of Parliament, to

lead to a serious disruption of that individual's institutional or conditional release program, or

result in physical or other harm to that individual or any other person

to disclose advice or recommendations developed by or for a government institution within the meaning of the Access to Information Act or a minister of the Crown; or

to disclose confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada referred to in section 196.

         (3) Definition of "investigation" - For the purposes of paragraph (2) (b), "investigation" means an investigation that

pertains to the administration or enforcement of an Act of Parliament or of a province; or

is authorized by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament or of a province.

184. Letters to be unopened - Notwithstanding any provision in any Act or regulation, where

a letter written by an offender is addressed to the Correctional Investigator, or

a letter written by the Correctional Investigator is addressed to an offender,

the letter shall immediately be forwarded unopened to the Correctional Investigator or to the offender, as the case may be, by the person in charge of the institution at which the offender is incarcerated.