Canada Inmate Search & Prison Directory

Bowden Institution is a medium-security facility with a minimum-security Annex halfway between the communities of Innisfail and Bowden, Alberta. It opened in 1974 and can accommodate up to 455 inmates. Bowden Institution operates living units, a reception unit, dissociation/segregation beds and the Health Care Unit. The minimum-security Annex accommodates inmates in eight separate residences. The main programs at the institution include: substance abuse treatment, reasoning and rehabilitation, anger and emotions management, family violence and programs for sex offenders. The same programs are also available to Aboriginal offenders.

Drumheller Institution is a medium-security facility with a minimum-security Annex located on the outskirts of Drumheller, Alberta, a community of about 7,800. Drumheller Institution opened in 1967 and can accommodate up to 598 inmates. Medium-security inmates are housed mainly in four units. The Annex consists of nine living units with four shared bedrooms. Personal development programs and general and vocational education programs are available. The Institution has also developed and implemented an employability skills acquisition program. Programs adapted to Aboriginal culture and spirituality are also available.

Edmonton Institution is a maximum security facility located in Edmonton, Alberta. Edmonton Institution opened in 1978 and can accommodate up to 228 inmates. Inmates are housed in eight units. The main programs available include: Anger and Emotions Management, Reasoning and Rehabilitation, the Offender Substance Abuse Pre-Release Program and the segregation program. Programs adapted to Aboriginal culture and spirituality are also available.

Edmonton Institution for Women (EIFW) is a multi-level facility located in the western part of Edmonton, Alberta. It opened in 1995 and can accommodate up to 123 inmates. Medium- and minimum-security inmates are accommodated in living units within a Structured Living Environment. Maximum-security inmates are accommodated in the Secure Unit. EIFW offers a wide variety of programs including: substance abuse, anger management, academic program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, living skills, computer science, psychiatric and psychological services, peer support, visits, Elders, chaplaincy, spiritual programs and resources for Aboriginal offenders, Your Warrior, Women Offender Substance Abuse Program, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Family Life Improvement Program and programs for survivors of abuse and trauma.

Grande Cache Institution is a minimum-security facility, located roughly 445 km west of Edmonton, Alberta. It opened in 1995 and can accommodate up to 243 inmates. Inmates are housed in 13 living units. The Institution offers general and vocational education, as well as personal and interpersonal development programs, such as anger management and the Offender Substance Abuse Pre-Release Program. Programs oriented for Aboriginal offenders are also available.

The Grierson Centre is a minimum-security facility located in the Grierson Complex in Edmonton, Alberta and is the first urban facility. It opened in 1998 and can accommodate up to 30 inmates. The Centre offers various programs, together with a range of substance abuse control programs. Programs for Aboriginal offenders are also available through the Stan Daniels Healing Centre.

Pe Sakastew is a minimum-security facility located two km from downtown Hobbema, Alberta. It opened in 1997 and can accommodate up to 60 inmates. Inmates are accommodated in six houses, each with 10 beds. Pe Sakastew promotes a healing process based on Aboriginal culture for the successful reintegration of Aboriginal offenders.

Ferndale Institution is a minimum-security facility located three kilometres north of Mission, in the central Fraser Valley, and about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver. Ferndale opened in 1973 and can house up to 166 inmates. Offenders live in residential-style units, including two units for inmates on day parole. The Institution shares the penitentiary reserve with Mission Institution. Programs at Ferndale Institution are aimed at relapse prevention and skills development for effective reintegration into the community.

Fraser Valley Institution (FVI) is a multi-level facility for women located on a large penitentiary reserve that also includes other institutions (men's facilities). FVI is located in southern Abbotsford, about 60 kilometres east of Vancouver. FVI opened in 2004 and can house up to 80 inmates. Inmates live in six residential-style units. Programs focus on the particular needs of women offenders, including Aboriginal inmates and those with psychological problems or learning disabilities.

Kent Institution is a maximum-security facility located in the upper Fraser Valley, near Agassiz, British Columbia, about 140 kilometres east of Vancouver. Kent is the only maximum-security facility in the Pacific Region, and shares a federal reserve with Mountain Institution. Kent Institution opened in 1979 and can house up to 324 inmates. The Institution is equipped with regular and segregation cells, as well as cells at Health Services. Programs at Kent Institution are aimed mainly at correcting the behaviour that led inmates to be classified as maximum-security risks. Educational programs, as well as socialization and employment, play a large role at the Institution.

Kwikwexwelhp Healing Village is a minimum-security institution located about 140 kilometres east of Vancouver, British Columbia, on traditional Chehalis First Nation land. Formerly Elbow Lake Institution, the facility was renamed Kw�kw�xwelhp in 2001 and can house up to 50 inmates. The Institution provides programs and training to improve employment skills, including basic training, general training and correspondence courses, as well as various maintenance programs. Kwikwexwelhp, meaning �where medicine is collected,� is a correctional services centre for Aboriginal men that uses the traditions and holistic teachings of Aboriginal peoples and elders.

Matsqui Institution is a medium-security facility located about 70 kilometres from Vancouver. The Institution opened in 1966 and can house up to 350 inmates. Accommodations for the general population are provided in a three-story living unit with a central core of security control posts. Matsqui provides a number of basic programs, as well as vocational training programs and the Aboriginal Basic Healing Program, which focuses on First Nations.

Mission Institution is a medium-security facility located three kilometres north of Mission, in the central Fraser Valley, and about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Institution opened in April 1977. Mission is comprised of five living units and is on the same site as Ferndale Institution. Inmates take part in educational, basic and employment programs. Mission is the first federal medium security institution to provide accredited programs.

Mountain Institution is a medium-security facility located in Agassiz, British Columbia. Mountain opened in 1962 and, following significant renovations, can now house up to 440 inmates. Inmates live in three living units. Mountain is a program-focused institution, where inmates must have steady jobs and take part in constructive leisure activities.

The Pacific Institution/Regional Treatment Centre is a multi-level complex located two kilometres south of Abbotsford in the central Fraser Valley, about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Institution opened in 1972 and can house up to 415 inmates. The Regional Treatment Centre is equipped with a psychiatric care unit, a health centre and a rehabilitation unit. The Pacific Institution has a regional reception/assessment centre and an intensive program unit. The treatment and reintegration programs and services are developed according to a holistic approach and are based on research on assessment, treatment and correctional services.

William Head Institution is a minimum-security facility located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island in Metchosin, British Columbia, about 25 kilometres west of Victoria. The Institution opened in 1959 and can house 140 inmates. Inmates live in four groups of four duplexes, which can each house five people. William Head uses an individual approach focused on basic programs.

Rockwood Institution is a minimum-security facility located about 11 km north of Winnipeg, near Stony Mountain Institution, in the rural municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba. It opened in 1962 and can accommodate up to 167 inmates. Inmates are housed in 25 living units.

Stony Mountain Institution is a medium-security facility located in Stony Mountain, Manitoba, about 11 km from Winnipeg. It opened in 1877 and can accommodate up to 506 inmates. The population is divided among five operational units offering various levels of supervision, including a healing unit for Aboriginal inmates (Ni-Miikana). Programs focus on living skills and treatment for substance abuse. A variety of programs are also designed for Aboriginal. Inmates can also acquire work experience and useful training in various workplaces within the Institution, including maintenance shops, food services, etc.

Atlantic Institution is a maximum-security facility, located in Renous, New Brunswick. It opened in 1987 and can accommodate up to 235 inmates. Inmates are housed in three living units and a 19-bed segregation unit. The Institution offers programs to address those inmate behaviours that, when corrected, will support the offender being reclassified to medium-security.

Dorchester Penitentiary is a medium-security facility, located in Dorchester, New Brunswick. It opened in 1880 and can accommodate 415 offenders. Dorchester Penitentiary is a special programs-oriented facility, housing the Shepody Healing Centre. The facility offers a variety of programs, including anger and emotions management, community integration, national employability skills, sex offender programs, family violence prevention, substance abuse treatment, and more. Aboriginal substance abuse and basic healing programs are also available.

The Shepody Healing Centre is one of five regional treatment centres operated by CSC and is multiple-security. It opened in 2001 and can accommodate up to 48 offenders. The Shepody Healing Centre has two 20-bed psychiatric units, and 10 transition beds located within Dorchester Penitentiary. The Centre provides in-patient, out-patient emergency, as well as consultative services to other facilities within the Atlantic Region.

Westmorland Institution is a minimum-security facility, located in Dorchester, New Brunswick. It opened in 1975 and can accommodate 252 inmates. The campus-style complex includes a number of row-houses for housing offenders, and a community building with staff office facilities. Westmorland Institution offers a range of personal development, academic and vocational programs.

Nova Institution is a multi-level facility, located in Truro, Nova Scotia and is one of five regional facilities for women across Canada. It opened in 1995 and can accommodate up to 70 inmates. The facility operates eight separate homes containing single-bedroom accommodations for between five to seven women per house. Two other living units operate to support the Intensive Intervention Strategy for Women for the purpose of providing additional mental health and security for those women who require it. The Structured Living Environment Unit (SLE) can accommodate up to eight offenders who require specific mental health intervention, while the facility�s Secure Unit can accommodate up to 10 maximum-security women. The Secure Unit also incorporates Nova's Segregation Unit which consists of three cells. The main programs at the institution include: living skills, sex offender programs and substance abuse treatment.

Springhill Institution is a medium-security facility, located on a plateau overlooking the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. It opened in 1967 and can accommodate 448 offenders. The facility also has the responsibility of operating a reception centre for the Atlantic region. The main programs at the institution include: living skills, sex offender programs and substance abuse treatment.

Bath is a medium security institution on the north shore of Lake Ontario, approximately 20 kilometres west of Kingston. It is located on a federal reserve along with Millhaven Institution. Bath opened in 1972 and can accommodate up to 342 inmates. The inmates are housed in three units, two of which contain ranges and one which consists of 13 houses (expansion units). The Institution offers an open correctional environment that encourages offenders to take on greater responsibilities in day to day life. The expansion units are residential style accommodations that allow inmates to prepare their own meals.

Beaver Creek Institution is a minimum security institution located within Gravenhurst, Ontario, on a federal reserve along with Fenbrook Institution. Beaver Creek opened in 1961 and can house up to 201 inmates. Inmates are housed in five residential style units. The Institution provides correctional programs that promote inmates� successful reintegration by allowing them to live independently and giving them responsibility for their needs. Inmates live in an environment with standards as similar as possible in a correctional setting to those in the community (i.e., preparing meals in small groups, being in charge of cleaning the units, etc.).

Collins Bay Institution is a medium security facility in Kingston, Ontario, located on a federal reserve along with Frontenac Institution. Collins Bay opened in 1930 and can accommodate up to 492 inmates. Inmates are housed in three units (including a segregation unit) and a transition unit. The Institution provides a variety of programs, such as training, professional (industrial) training, personal and social, recreational and chaplaincy programs, as well as various external placements.

Fenbrook Institution is a medium security facility located north of Gravenhurst, Ontario, beside Beaver Creek Institution. Fenbrook opened in 1998 and can accommodate up to 404 inmates. Inmates are housed in four units. The institution provides an extensive array of services and programs focused on community standards, allowing inmates serving long sentences to prepare for their release or transfer to a minimum security institution.

Frontenac Institution is a minimum security facility located within an urban setting in Kingston, Ontario. In 1975�76 the \"Collins Bay Farm Annex\" was renamed \"Frontenac Institution\". The facility can accommodate up to 132 inmates. Inmates are housed in three housing units. Frontenac Institution provides institutional and community programs, activities and services in an open environment, promoting trust, responsibility and accountability.

Grand Valley Institution (GVI) is a multi level facility located in Kitchener, Ontario. GVI opened in 1997 and can accommodate up to 152 inmates. Inmates are housed in buildings (houses) arranged in campus style (clusters), one structured living environment house and one secure unit. The Institution provides a positive and supportive environment focused mainly on women�s timely and safe reintegration.

Joyceville Institution is a medium security facility located approximately 20 kilometres north east of Kingston, Ontario. The Institution opened in 1959 and can accommodate up to 452 inmates. Inmates are housed in four units. The Institution provides a range of programs specifically designed to meet inmates� needs. These programs allow them to acquire social skills. Our manufacturing operations include a complete metal working shop that provides inmates with opportunities for employment and skills acquisition to help them improve their employability while contributing to their overall objective of reintegration.

Kingston Penitentiary is a maximum security facility located on King Street in Kingston, Ontario. The Penitentiary opened in 1835 and can accommodate up to 421 inmates. Inmates are housed in four units. The Penitentiary provides personal development programs and programs for general, professional, industrial and technical training. Special attention is given to living skills, substance abuse and basic training programs.

Millhaven Institution is a maximum security facility located in Bath, Ontario. The Institution opened in 1971 and can accommodate up to 413 inmates. Inmates are housed in three residential style living units. Upgrading classes and a program for acquiring psychosocial skills (Reasoning and Rehabilitation) are provided to inmates at Millhaven Institution.

Pittsburgh Institution is a minimum security facility located approximately 23 kilometres north east of Kingston, Ontario. The Institution opened in 1963 and can accommodate up to 250 inmates. Inmates are housed in 35 residential units, including three reserved for private family visits. A variety of programs are provided at Pittsburgh Institution, particularly Reasoning and Reintegration, the National Substance Abuse Program � Moderate Intensity, the Moderate Intensity Family Violence Prevention Program and the only Moderate Treatment Program for Sexual Offenders provided in a minimum security facility in the Ontario Region.

The Regional Treatment Centre (RTC) is an accredited psychiatric institution situated within the perimeter security of Kingston Penitentiary. The RTC opened in 1959 and can accommodate up to 143 inmates. Inmates are housed in two units. The first unit houses inmates with acute and subacute mental illnesses, inmates requiring long term care and sex offenders. The second houses inmates with psychosocial problems. The RTC provides a broad range of quality, cost effective clinical, correctional and related services to meet the needs of federal offenders.

Warkworth Institution is a medium security facility located near Warkworth Village in Campbellford, Ontario. The Institution opened in 1967 and can accommodate up to 537 inmates. Inmates are housed in five units. Warkworth provides a full range of core programs, including moderate intensity sex offender programs. A wide range of social development programs is provided by volunteers from the community and employees in charge of social development.

Archambault Institution is a medium-security facility, located in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec. It opened in 1969 and can accommodate 403 inmates. Inmates are housed in three blocks: the Regional Mental Health Unit (RMHU), with its 140 beds in a mixed-security environment, the 143-cell regular population unit, and one 142-cell block. The main programs at the facility include: family violence treatment, living skills, substance abuse treatment, violent offender programs, personal development and educational programs.

Cowansville Institution is a medium-security facility, located in Cowansville, Quebec. It opened in 1966 and can accommodate 423 inmates. Inmates are housed in four living units. The institution offers a complete basic literacy program (elementary and secondary levels), a literacy program for offenders with learning disabilities and academic courses at the C�gep level. There are also vocational programs in industrial design, bookkeeping and welding. Programs are also available for cognitive learning and substance abuse treatment. Inmates also have access to the high-intensity violence prevention program.

Donnacona Institution is a maximum-security facility, located in Donnacona, Quebec. It opened in 1986 and can accommodate 355 inmates. Donnacona Institution is made up of seven separate populations, including two segregation areas, two restricted-contact populations, two general populations and a population for post-suspension cases. The main programs at the institution include: living skills, special needs programs and violent offender treatment.

Drummond Institution is a medium-security facility, located in Drummondville, Quebec. It opened in 1984 and can accommodate 369 inmates. Inmates are housed in six living units. The institution offers the following programs to inmates: living skills programs, anger and emotional management, community integration, sexual offender treatment, violence prevention programs, substance abuse treatment and educational programs, among others.

The Federal Training Centre is a minimum-security facility, located in Laval, Quebec. It opened in 1952 and can accommodate 375 inmates. Inmates are housed in five living units and two closed units. Academic instruction takes up the largest share of the institution's programs. There are also programs for living skills and for substance abuse.

Joliette is a multi-level security women�s facility, located in Joliette, Quebec. It opened in 1997 and can accommodate 102 inmates. The institution consists of ten living units that can each house up to eight offenders. In addition, the Structured Living Environment can house up to eight inmates, while the Secure Unit is designed for inmates requiring more secure supervision, accommodating up to 10 maximum-security inmates. Joliette Institution offers a range of programs that address the specific needs of women offenders, including programs designed to address substance abuse, victims of abuse and trauma, low self-esteem and lack of social skills. Educational programs and Mother-Child programs are also available at the facility.

La Macaza Institution is a medium-security facility, located in La Macaza, Quebec. It opened in 1978 and can accommodate 240 inmates. Inmates are housed in three living units. La Macaza's distinguishing feature is its clinical program for sex offenders. Specific programs developed to address aspects of Aboriginal culture are also delivered. Other programs include: living skills, substance abuse treatment, personal development and educational programs.

Leclerc Institution is a medium-security facility, located in Laval, Quebec. It opened in 1961 and can accommodate 481 inmates. Inmates are housed in five living units. The main programs at the institution include: living skills, substance abuse treatment, violent offender treatment and educational programs.

The Mont�e Saint-Fran�ois Institution is a minimum-security facility, located in Laval, Quebec. It opened in the mid-1960s and can accommodate 243 inmates. Inmates are housed in two living units. The main programs at the institution include: living skills, substance abuse treatment, sex offender treatment, personal development and educational programs.

Port-Cartier Institution is a maximum-security facility, located in Port-Cartier, Quebec. It opened in 1988 and can accommodate 234 inmates. The facility is composed of three units, a detention with 20 cells, and one health centre. Programs offered at the facility include: living skills, violence treatment, sex offender programming, and substance abuse treatment.

The Regional Reception Centre is a maximum-security facility, located in Saint-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec. It opened in 1973 and can accommodate up to 303 inmates. The institution is made up of four different units: a reception unit, a maximum-security unit, a justice witnesses unit, and a special handling unit (SHU). Programs offered at the facility include: violence and substance abuse treatment, and educational programs.

Saint-Anne-des-Plaines Institution is a minimum-security facility, located in Sainte-Anne-des Plaines, Quebec. It opened in 1968 and can accommodate 165 inmates. Inmates are housed in two living units and four apartments. The main programs at the institution include: living skills, sex offender programing, substance abuse treatment and educational programs.

The Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge is a multi-level facility. It is located in the Necaneet First Nation, a small community of 150 located 150 km from Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Lodge opened in 1995 and can accommodate up to 28 inmates. The Lodge offers a very open environment, the operation of which is comparable to that of a minimum-security facility. The Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge offers a range of programs for Aboriginal female offenders.

The Regional Psychiatric Centre is a custodial forensic psychiatry facility with multiple security levels, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It opened in 1978 and can accommodate up to 194 inmates. Male and female inmates are housed in four units: Churchill, Bow, Mackenzie/Assiniboine and Clearwater. The Centre is based on a program management model used in hospitals in North America. It addresses patient needs within a specific program.

Riverbend Institution is a minimum security institution located 1 km west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and is adjacent to Saskatchewan Penitentiary. It opened in 1962 and can accommodate up to 126 inmates. Inmates are housed in 20 self-contained units, including two Aboriginal Pathways healing units. A broad range of basic programs are available to inmates such as educational improvement and development courses. A broad range of cultural and spiritual programs for Aboriginal offenders are also available.

Saskatchewan Penitentiary is a medium-security facility located one km west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It opened in 1911 and can accommodate up to 459 inmates. Inmates are housed in five operational units: four medium-security and one maximum-security. One unit is also designed for inmates with mental health problems who require constant surveillance. A number of programs are available including cabinet making, a textile shop and a computer science program. The Penitentiary also plays an active role in reintegrating Aboriginal offenders through various programs.