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Ontario Region

REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTRE

Kingston, Ontario

Contact Information

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About the Institution

The Regional Treatment Centre (RTC) is an accredited psychiatric institution situated within the perimeter security of Kingston Penitentiary. The RTC opened in 1959 and can accommodate up to 143 inmates.

Inmates are housed in two 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.

Facility Characteristics

• Institution for male offenders
• Security level: medium
• Date opened: 1959
• Number of inmates: 126
• Average length of sentences:
  • Less than 40 months: 18 per cent of inmates
  • 40 months and over: 22 per cent of inmates
  • Life sentences: 60 per cent of inmates
• Number of employees: 178

April 2010

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