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Collins Bay Institution
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Background
Collins Bay Institution (French: Établissement de Collins Bay) is a multilevel correctional facility in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and falls under the supervision of Correctional Services of Canada. The facility was opened in 1930, and is now the oldest operational federal penitentiary in Ontario. The main prison is medium security, with a minimum security facility (formerly Frontenac Institution) residing on the same property. A 96-bed maximum security unit is also operational.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1930
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service Canada
Population held
male
Opened
1930
Region
Ontario
Security level
Multi-level
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CSC — Collins Bay Institution
- Correctional Service Canada — Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.