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
Closed:
Managed by:	Corrections Canada

The 'Dorchester Penitentiary' in New Brunswick, Canada is a corrections facility that is part of Corrections Canada. It is located in Dorchester, a small village near Moncton. It was Opened July 14th, 1880 as a maximum security prison, making it the second oldest corrections facility in Canada still in operation (after Kingston Penitentiary). The prison had its climax in the 1980s when it was responsible for all maximum security offenders in Atlantic Canada. It now functions as a medium security facility.

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profile from Corrections Canada