News Releases

Prairies Region

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOCKDOWN AT EDMONTON INSTITUTION

EDMONTON, Alta. – On Monday, June 6, 2011 at approximately 7 p.m., Edmonton Institution was placed on lockdown status as a workplace Health and Safety issue is currently being negotiated.

The lockdown will remain in place until institutional management determines it is feasible to resume normal operations. All visits for inmates have been cancelled until further notice.

Edmonton Institution is a maximum security penitentiary currently accommodating 283 offenders.

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For more information, media representatives can contact:

Daren Frick
Assistant Warden Management Services
Edmonton Institution
Correctional Service of Canada
(780) 472-4904