In Canada, the criminal legal system is divided into federal and provincial/territorial jurisdictions. 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 more in custody.
Provincial/territorial jurisdiction includes: remand for those with a custody sentence of less than two years; community sentences such as fines, community service, or probation; including pre-trial supervision, community and custody sentences, and Extrajudicial Sanctions Programs. Youth criminal legal facilities and sentencing are also provincial/territorial but are usually governed by the ministry responsible for child and youth services, rather than the body responsible for adult corrections.
Though immigration detention is facilitated by the Canada Border Services Agency, immigration detainees may also be kept in provincial/territorial facilities because either the federal Immigration Holding Centres (IHCs) are full, there is no IHC in their region, or the detainee's file has a link to criminality."Arrests, detentions and removals - Immigration holding centres". Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
Alberta Corrections in Alberta are administered by the Correctional Services of the Ministry of Justice. Calgary Correctional Centre Calgary Remand Centre Edmonton Remand Centre — largest in Canada Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre Lethbridge Correctional Centre Medicine Hat Remand Centre Peace River Correctional Centre Red Deer Remand Centre Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre (3 camps) Metis Nation Wilderness Camp Alsike Minimum Security Camp (closed April 2009) Fort McMurray Minimum Security Camp (closed) Kainai Community Correctional Centre
British Columbia
Corrections in British Columbia are administered by B.C. Corrections under the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. , BC has 10 correctional centres throughout the province. NameLocationSecurityAlouette Correctional Centre for WomenMaple RidgeMultilevelFord Mountain Correctional CentreChilliwack Medium/open custodyFraser Regional Correctional CentreMaple RidgeMultilevelKamloops Regional Correctional CentreKamloopsMultilevelNanaimo Correctional CentreNanaimoMedium/open custodyNorth Fraser Pretrial CentrePort CoquitlamRemandOkanagan Correctional CentreOliverMultilevelPrince George Regional Correctional CentrePrince GeorgeMultilevelSurrey Pretrial Services CentreSurreyRemandVancouver Island Regional Correctional CentreVictoriaMultilevel
Manitoba Correctional services in Manitoba are administered by Manitoba Corrections, under the province's Department of Justice. NameLocationSecurityInmates"Youth Correctional Centres." Manitoba Justice. Retrieved 2021-01-26.Agassiz Youth Centre (AYC)Portage la PrairieMultilevelYouth malesBrandon Correctional CentreBrandonMediumAdult malesHeadingley Correctional InstitutionMB Highway 1MultilevelAdult malesManitoba Youth Centre (MYC)WinnipegMultilevelYouth males & femalesMilner Ridge Correctional CentreAgassiz Provincial Forest, BeausejourMultilevelAdult malesThe Pas Correctional CentreThe Pas.MultilevelAdult males & femalesWinnipeg Remand CentreDowntown WinnipegMultilevelAdult males & femalesWomen’s Correctional CentreHeadingleyMultilevelAdult females
New Brunswick
Correctional services in New Brunswick are administered by the Community & Correctional Services of Department of Justice and Public Safety. NameLocationNotesDalhousie Regional Correctional CentreDalhousieestablished 2011; estimated cost: $16Mcbc.ca: "Bathurst jail closing", 30 Mar 2011Island View Community Residential CentreFrederictonMadawaska Regional Correctional CentreSaint-Hilaireestablished 1980New Brunswick Women's Correctional CentreMiramichiestablished 2011New Brunswick Youth CentreMiramichiestablished 1998Saint John Regional Correctional CentreSaint Johnestablished 1981Southeast Regional Correctional CentreShediacestablished 2012; estimated cost: $40MBathurst Day Detention CentreBathurstclosed 2011Moncton Detention CentreMonctonclosed 2011
Newfoundland and Labrador Correctional services in Newfoundland and Labrador are administered by the Corrections and Community Services branch of the Department of Justice and Public Safety. NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotesBishop’s Falls Correctional CentreBishop's Fallsminimum Adult males opened in 1983Corner Brook LockupCorner BrookremandAdult males & females operated by the Adult Custody Division since 1981Her Majesty’s PenitentiarySt. John’smedium/maximumAdult males constructed in 1859; renovated in 1945, 1981, 1994 houses all admissions from the Avalon Peninsula, high-security male inmates, long-term remands, and those awaiting transfer to a federal penitentiaryLabrador Correctional CentreHappy Valley-Goose Bayminimum/mediumAdultNewfoundland & Labrador Correctional Centre for WomenClarenvilleminimum/remandAdult females opened in 1982 the only facility for female prisoners in the provinceNewfoundland and Labrador Youth CentreWhitbourneYouthSt. John’s LockupSt. John’sremandAdult males & females operated by the Adult Custody Division since 1981 a short-term holding unit for inmates remanded to await court appearance under the auspices of His Majesty's PenitentiarySt. John’s Youth Detention CentreSt. John’sYouthWest Coast Correctional InstitutionStephenvilleminimum/mediumAdult constructed in 1978Salmonier Correctional Institutionclosed 2004
Nova Scotia Corrections in Nova Scotia are administered by the Correctional Services of the province's Department of Justice. +Current facilities, NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotesCape Breton Correctional FacilitySydneymediumAdult males opened on 21 February 1975 capacity of 96 adult male offenders (also operates, as needed, a 4-bed dorm for adult women and a 6-bed temporary detention facility for youth) co-located with the Cape Breton Youth Detention FacilityCape Breton Youth Detention Facilityremand (up to 72 hours)Youth males & females opened on 28 August 2006 capacity of 8 offenders (boys and girls are housed separately) co-located with the Cape Breton Correctional FacilityCentral Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityDartmouthmediumAdult males & females opened in October 2001 (replaced the facilities in Colchester, Halifax, Kings and Lunenburg) capacity of 322 males and 48 females co-located with the Capital District Health Authority's East Coast Forensic Hospital (independently operated)Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityNew GlasgowAdult opened in February 2015 (replaced the Antigonish and Cumberland correctional facilities) capacity of 196 offenders designed with two separate units—Alpha and Bravo—each consisting of 3 smaller ‘living units’ for offenders, including a 40-bed, 38-bed, and a 20-bed living space. services courthouses in Truro, Amherst, Pictou, Antigonish, and Port Hawkesbury.Nova Scotia Youth CentreWatervillemultilevel/remandYouth males & females opened on 20 June 1988 120 cells (boys and girls are housed in separate living units) co-located with an IWK Health Centre site partnered with the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board to operate Valley Integrated Youth Services (formerly Centre 24-7), an off-site education programSouthwest Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityYarmouthmedium/minimumAdult males opened on 1 April 2004 replaced the Yarmouth Correctional Centre capacity of 38 sentenced/remanded adult male offenders +Closed facilitiesNameLocationClosedReplaced byInmatesNotesAntigonish Correctional FacilityAntigonish2015Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdult males opened in 1948 17 bedsColchester Correctional CentreColchester 2001Central Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdultCumberland Correctional FacilityCumberland2015Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdult males opened in 1890; renovated 1978; 29 bedsGuysborough Correctional CentreGuysborough2000AdultHalifax Correctional CentreHalifax2001Central Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdultKings Correctional CentreKings2001Central Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdultLunenburg Correctional CentreLunenburg2001Central Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdultYarmouth Correctional CentreYarmouth2004Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional FacilityAdult
Northwest Territories
Corrections in the Northwest Territories are administered by the Corrections Service of the territory's Department of Justice. NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotesFort Smith Correctional ComplexFort Smithminimum/mediumAdult males & femalesholds territorial and federal offenders, as well as remanded inmates male unit formerly Riverrige Correctional Centre female unit formerly Territorial Women's Correctional CentreNorth Slave Correctional ComplexYellowknifemultilevel/remandAdult males; Youth males & femalesSouth Mackenzie Correctional CentreHay Riverminimum/mediumAdult males holds territorial and federal offenders
Nunavut Corrections in Nunavut are administered by Nunavut Ministry of Justice. +Nunavut prisons, NameLocationSecurityInmatesNotesAaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility (ACHF)Iqaluitminimum-maximumAdult males (143)opened in 1986 (as Baffin Correctional Centre)Kugluktuk Ilavut Centre (KIC)Kugluktukminimum (halfway house)Adult males (15)opened in 2005Rankin Inlet Healing Facility (RIHF)Rankin Inletminimum-medium Adult males (48)opened in 2013Nunavut Women's Correctional Centre (NWCC)IqaluitAdult femalesopened in 2010Uttaqivik Community Residential Centre (CRC)Iqaluitminimum (halfway house)Adult males (14)opened in 2000Isumaqsunngittukkuvik Youth FacilityIqaluitmultilevelYouth males & females (12)opened in 1989
Ontario
Adult corrections in Ontario are administered by the Ministry of the Solicitor General, whereas youth detention centres for secure detention of young people ages 12–18 are administered by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
Prince Edward Island Corrections in Prince Edward Island are administered by the Community and Correctional Services Division of the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General.
Prince County Correctional Centre — Summerside PEI Youth Centre — Summerside Provincial Correctional Centre — Charlottetown
Quebec
Corrections in Quebec are administered by the Direction générale des services correctionnels of the province's Ministry of Public Security (French: Ministère de la Sécurité publique).
Saskatchewan Corrections in Saskatchewan are administered by the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing.
Saskatoon Correctional Centre — Saskatoon Regina Correctional Centre — Regina Prince Albert Correctional Centre — Prince Albert Pine Grove Correctional Centre Paul Dojack Youth Centre — Regina Kilburn Hall Youth Centre — Saskatoon
Yukon Corrections in Yukon are administered by the Community and Correctional Services Branch of the Ministry of Justice.
Whitehorse Correctional Centre — a multi-level 190-inmate facility, for adult males and females, completed in February 2012 and built next to an existing prison building (c. 1967) Justice Wellness Centre — Whitehorse
See also List of prisons in Canada Incarceration in Canada List of youth detention incidents in Canada
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