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GRANDE CACHE INSTITUTION

Grande Cache, Alberta

Contact Information

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About the Institution

Grande Cache Institution is a minimum-security facility, located roughly 445 km west of Edmonton, Alberta. It opened in 1995 and can accommodate up to 203 inmates.

Inmates are housed in 13 living units.

The Institution offers general and vocational education, as well as personal and interpersonal development programs, such as anger management and the Offender Substance Abuse Pre-Release Program. Programs oriented for Aboriginal offenders are also available.

Characteristics

• Institution for male offenders
• Security level: minimum
• Date opened: 1995
• Number of inmates: 233
• Average length of sentences:
  • Less than 40 months: 56 per cent of inmates
  • 40 months and over: 35 per cent of inmates
  • Life sentence: 9 per cent of inmates
• Number of employees: 271

April 2010

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