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Atlantic Institution
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Atlantic Institution is a maximum-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Atlantic Region, New Brunswick.
Background
Atlantic Institution (French: Ãtablissement de l'Atlantique) is a Canadian maximum security prison for men. It is located in Renous, a rural community about 30 kilometres from Miramichi, New Brunswick at the confluence of the Renous and Southwest Miramichi rivers.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1987
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service CanadaPopulation held
male
Opened
1987
Region
New Brunswick
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Michael Hector? · serial killer
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions
- Wikipedia â Correctional Service Canada
- Correctional Service Canada â Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions directory — Correctional Service Canada / Nova Scotia Open Data
- Wikidata (Q4816462)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Atlantic Institution. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/atlantic-institution
"Atlantic Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/atlantic-institution.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Atlantic Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/atlantic-institution},
urldate = {2026-10-15}
}