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Bowden Institution

Multi-levelMulti-levelmaleHigh
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Background

Bowden Institution is a medium security prison operated by Correctional Services Canada. It was built on an "open campus" model. In an adjoining minimum security annex prisoners live in ordinary houses. The facility is located on Alberta's Queen Elizabeth II Highway, between the small towns of Bowden, Alberta and Innisfail, Alberta, approximately halfway between Calgary and Edmonton.

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Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1974

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Correctional Service Canada

Population held

male

Opened

1974

Region

Alberta

Security level

Multi-level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

Highway 2A, Innisfail T0M 0K0

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Data completeness

54%

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