Dorchester Penitentiary

Dorchester Penitentiary
Canadian Prisons
Dorchester Penitentiary
Location:	Dorchester, New Brunswick
Status:	Operational
Classification:	Medium security (formerly maximum)
Capacity:	466
Opened:	July 14, 1880
Managed by:	Correctional Service of Canada

The Dorchester Penitentiary (French: Pénitencier de Dorchester) is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick.

It was opened on 14 July 1880 as a maximum security prison on a hill overlooking the Memramcook River valley; it is the second oldest federal corrections facility in Canada still in operation after the Kingston Penitentiary.

The prison became notorious following World War II as it was responsible for all maximum security offenders in Atlantic Canada. It was replaced by the modern Atlantic Institution in Renous and was downgraded to handle medium security offenders.

Together with the Springhill Institution, the Dorchester Penitentiary handles all medium security offenders in the federal system in Atlantic Canada. The Springhill Institution has a younger and commensurately more impulsive offender population, whereas Dorchester Penitentiary has specialized in handling Protective Custody offenders in need of treatment and providing psychiatric services to CSC Atlantic Region, therefore having an older offender population.

Dorchester Penitentiary recently installed a wind turbine, making it just one of two federal penitentiaries in Canada with such a device. (http://windenergyhistory.info/canadian-prison-looks-to-wind-power-for-cost-savings/#more-253)

External links

	Canada portal
	New Brunswick portal

• Dorchester Penitentiary - Correctional Service of Canada
• Pénitencier de Dorchester (French) - Correctional Service of Canada

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