Regional Treatment Centre

About the Institution

The Regional Treatment Centre (RTC) is a multi-level security accredited psychiatric institution situated within the perimeter security of Kingston Penitentiary.

Inmates are housed in two direct observation living units. The first unit houses inmates with acute and subacute mental illnesses, inmates requiring long-term care and sex offenders. The second houses inmates with psychosocial problems.

The RTC provides a broad range of quality, cost effective clinical, correctional and related services to meet the needs of federal offenders.

As part of CSC's efforts to encourage inmates to become law-abiding citizens, CSC offers various national correctional programs.

Maintaining appropriate infrastructure that fits the needs of a first-class, modern correctional system is key to public safety. As such, on April 19, 2012, the Government announced it will close operations at three CSC sites, including RTC.

This facility has an infrastructure that does not lend itself well to the challenges of managing the institutional routines of today's complex offender population.

The decommissioning of this infrastructure will enable CSC to achieve cost savings while ensuring public safety. It will be completed by 2014-2015.

Public safety is the number one consideration in all placement and transfer decisions. In accordance with the CCRA, CSC will ensure offenders are appropriately placed at other institutions.

Facility Characteristics

• Institution for male offenders
• Security level: multi-level
• Date opened: 1959
• Rated capacity: 143