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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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Current population

Occupancy

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

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

33344 King Road, Abbotsford V2S 4P4

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54%

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