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Atlantic Region

ATLANTIC INSTITUTION

Renous, New Brunswick

Contact Information

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About the Institution

Atlantic Institution is a maximum-security facility, located in Renous, New Brunswick. It opened in 1987 and can accommodate up to 235 inmates.

Inmates are housed in three living units and a 19-bed segregation unit.

The Institution offers programs to address those inmate behaviours that, when corrected, will support the offender being reclassified to medium-security.

Facility Characteristics

• Institution for male offenders
• Security level: maximum
• Date opened: 1987
• Number of inmates: 208
• Average length of sentences:
  • Less than 40 months: 19 per cent of inmates
  • 40 months and over: 59 per cent of inmates
  • Life sentences: 22 per cent of inmates
• Number of employees: 312

April 2010

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