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Matsqui Institution

1966 establishments in British ColumbiaBuildings and structures in Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCorrectional Service of Canada institutionsPrisons in British Columbia

Matsqui Institution is a federal medium-security prison facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada and was opened in 1966. 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. Work is completed to increase capacity at the Institution. Construction of one new 96-bed living unit has been completed and was opened in 2013.

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Matsqui Institution
King Road, Abbotsford

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King Road 33344
V2S 1A1 Abbotsford
British Columbia, Canada
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