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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]
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 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.
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.
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).
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Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, was assaulted in prison and has been ...
Saanich Prison Farm (1913-16) Colquitz Centre for the Criminally Insane (1916-1954) Provincial Government Pheasant Farm (1918-1919) Colquitz Provincial Mental Home (1919-1964) Oakalla Prison Farm, Vancouver Island Unit (1964-1966) Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (1966-present) Warden: Sukhdeep Saini: City: Victoria, BC: State/province