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Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary
Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary
The Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary opened up in 1911. It is located one kilometre west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and is classified as a Medium Security Facility, although it does have Maximum Security areas. The facility is on a walled twenty acre parcel of land. There are presently six operational units within the facility, one of important significance is the maximum security Federally Sentenced Women's Unit. The Special Handlings unit closed down in 1997, and the space is helping to configure a long-planned maximum security unit. Currently though, this unit is being used as a Intake Assessment Unit, and a Segragation Unit. Presently there is a pilot project with the partnership of Aboriginal Elders to stop the segregation of Aboriginal inmates, where practical and desirable. There is also a Mental Health Unit configured of 25 beds. This unit provides psychiatric and counselling services to inmates with mental health concerns. A vocational concrete shop has been established for mentally ill and low functioning prisoners to gain employment and social skills. There are a wide range of programs offered to the inmates to effectively manage their sentences. There is the Riverbend Institution and a Section 81 Healing Lodge located close to the facility. Other programs are listed as community services and include: Escorted Temporary Absence work gang, Work Release, Escorted Temporary Absence cultural/program basis. Since Aboriginal incarceration is high in this facility there are many Aboriginal-directed programs. Two other divisions with inmate services are the CORCAN, and the Management Services, which both provide job training and employment opportunities (on-site employment and Community Releases). On April 6, 2004, the facility had a rated capacity of 573, and last year had an inmate population of 541. Here is a list of years and the number of offenders: 2003: 518 2002: 544 2001: 527 2000: 499 There is one institution named the Riverbend Institution, which is located one kilometre west of Prince Albert on 800 hectares of farmland. This land is a multi-purpose operation: pasture, forage, and gardening. This institution has several services as well: Admission & Discharge, Health Care, Finance, Setence Administration, and Personnel. These services are shared between this institution and the penitentiary. This institution is a minimum security facility, which houses conditionally released offenders having residency requirements. The institution is made up of seventeen self-contained units, as well as two rooms to address the needs of handi-capped offenders. This institution provides many work placement opportunities: maintanance of institution, shops, CORCAN farming operation. It was opened in 1962, and has a rated capacity of 162, but only housed 92 last year. Following is a listing of years and number of corresponding occupants: 2003: 115 2002: 86 2001: 115 2000: 114
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