Canada · British Columbia · Abbotsford
Matsqui Institution
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Background
Matsqui Institution is a federal medium-security prison facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada and was opened in 1966. Accommodations for the general population are provided in a three-story living unit with a central core of security control posts. Matsqui provides a number of basic programs, as well as vocational training programs and the Aboriginal Basic Healing Program, which focuses on First Nations. Work is completed to increase capacity at the Institution.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1966
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service Canada
Population held
male
Opened
1966
Region
British Columbia
Security level
Medium
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 — Matsqui Institution
- Correctional Service Canada — Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.