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This is a list of prisons and other secure correctional facilities in Canada, not including local jails. In Canada, all offenders who receive a sentence of 24 months or greater must serve their sentence in a federal correctional facility administered by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). Any offender who receives a sentence less than 24 ...
Pages in category "Women's prisons in Canada" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The original prison, named the Vanier Institute for Women, was a CAD$4,000,000 facility in Brampton, Ontario, [8] that had opened on January 29, 1969. [9] The Brampton location was used to house the Ontario Women's Guidance Centre, the Ontario Women's Treatment Centre, and those from the former Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women, [4] [9] the latter residents moving into the new prison on ...
Grand Valley Institution for Women (GVI; French: Établissement pour femmes Grand Valley [1]) is a women's prison in Kitchener, Ontario, operated by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). In Canada , all offenders sentenced to prison terms of greater than two years serve their time in a federal institution operated by the CSC.
Provincial/territorial correctional facilities hold people who have been sentenced to less than two years in custody and people being held on remand (waiting trial or sentencing). Federal Correctional Facilities, which are the responsibility of Correctional Service of Canada —is concerned with people who have been sentenced to two years or ...
Nova Institution for Women (French: Établissement Nova pour femmes [1]) is a Canadian federal prison for women in Truro, Nova Scotia. The facility, which handles different levels of offenders, can accommodate up to 70 inmates. Nova Institution opened in 1995. [2] [3] The maximum security unit opened in 2002 or 2003. [4]
Treatment centres are specialized facilities treating offenders for sexual misconduct, substance abuse, anger management, and other issues. [1] Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who were between 12 and 17 years of age at the time of offence.
The Prison For Women ("P4W"; French: Prison des femmes [1]), located in Kingston, Ontario, was a Correctional Service of Canada prison for women that functioned at a maximum security level from 1934 to 2000. Known for its controversial legacy and significance as Canada's only federal-level penitentiary for women until 2000, the institution ...