The Nova Institution for Women is seen in Truro, N.S. on May 6, 2014. The Correctional Service of Canada is apologizing for erroneously communicating the timing of its contact with a police force in Nova Scotia on sexual assault allegations at Nova Institution for women. The federal correctional service -- now facing a lawsuit by three women -- says it received allegations of sexual assault by a correctional officer in December 2018 but it was not in contact with police until the end of March. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan