Canada · Quebec · Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
Special Handling Unit
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Special Handling Unit
Step-by-step guidance using the Canada system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Canada's only federal Special Handling Unit (SHU) — holds inmates who cannot be safely managed in any other maximum-security institution.
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service Canada
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
Quebec
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CSC — Special Handling Unit
- Correctional Service Canada — Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.