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REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Contact Information

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About the Institution

The Regional Psychiatric Centre is a custodial forensic psychiatry facility with multiple security levels, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It opened in 1978 and can accommodate up to 194 inmates.

Male and female inmates are housed in four units: Churchill, Bow, Mackenzie/Assiniboine and Clearwater.

The Centre is based on a program management model used in hospitals in North America. It addresses patient needs within a specific program.

Characteristics

• Facility for men and women
• Security level: multiple
• Date opened: 1978
• Number of inmates: 171
• Average length of sentence:
  • Less than 40 months: 20 per cent of inmates
  • 40 months and over: 45 per cent of inmates
  • Life sentence: 35 per cent of inmates
• Number of employees: 345

April 2010

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