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Matsqui Institution (Abbotsford, British Columbia)

Canada / British Columbia / Abbotsford / Abbotsford, British Columbia

Matsqui Institution is a medium-security facility located about 70 kilometres from Vancouver. The Institution opened in 1966 and can house up to 350 inmates.

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.

Facility Characteristics

* Men's facility
* Security level: medium
* Date opened: 1966
* Number of inmates: 356
* Average length of sentences:
o Less than 40 months: 42 per cent of inmates
o More than 40 months: 40 per cent of inmates
o Life sentence: 17 per cent of inmates
* Number of employees: 275
Restricted Air space
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   49°1'39"N   122°18'14"W

Comments

  • Mystory (guest)
    If you scan south the Fraser Valley Institution is incorrectly named.
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