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Mary Steinhauser (August 25, 1942 – June 11, 1975) was a Canadian social worker and prison classification officer who was killed during a hostage-taking at the B.C. Penitentiary in 1975. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On June 9, 1975, Steinhauser was one of 15 people that were taken hostage by three inmates, Andy Bruce, Dwight Lucas and Claire Wilson, who were ...
The British Columbia Penitentiary (BC Penitentiary, commonly referred to as the BC Pen and the Pen) was a federal maximum security prison located in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. The BC Penitentiary operated for 102 years, from 1878 until it was decommissioned in 1980. It was the first federal penal institution west of Manitoba. [1]
June 27, 1975 Shot by inmate. [3] Classification Officer Mary Steinhauser: British Columbia Penitentiary, New Westminster, British Columbia: June 11, 1975 Accidentally shot by rescuers during a hostage-taking. [3] Correctional Officer Douglas "Stik" White Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, London, Ontario: May 23, 1978
On December 22, 1975, Peltier was named to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. [32] On February 6, 1976, Peltier was arrested along with Frank Blackhorse by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Hinton, Alberta, Canada [33] at the Smallboy Camp, transported to Calgary, Alberta and taken to the Oakalla Prison Farm in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre or LMRCC) [2] was a model prison farm on 185 acres (75 ha) of land next to Deer Lake, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was initially designed to hold 150 men and women.
He was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison at the time of his death. [28] Marcelo Moren Brito: 2015-09-11 Chile: Multiple organ failure [29] Retired Army colonel and former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional: He was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison. [29] Sarah Reed: 2016-01-11 United Kingdom
After a piece of software incorrectly showed that money had gone missing, a trusted, centuries-old British government corporation used its financial and legal might to convict and bankrupt ...
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 ...