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PORT-CARTIER INSTITUTION

Port-Cartier, Quebec

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About the Institution

Port-Cartier Institution is a maximum-security facility, located in Port-Cartier, Quebec. It opened in 1988 and can accommodate 234 inmates.

The facility is composed of three units, a detention with 20 cells, and one health centre.

Programs offered at the facility include: living skills, violence treatment, sex offender programming, and substance abuse treatment.

Facility Characteristics

• Institution for male offenders
• Security level: maximum
• Date opened: 1988
• Number of inmates: 151
• Average length of sentences:
  • Less than 40 months: 6 per cent of inmates
  • More than 40 months: 46 per cent of inmates
  • Life sentences: 48 per cent of inmates
• Number of employees: 234

As of April 2007

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