Institutional profiles: Quebec region: Regional Mental Health Centre

About the Institution

The Regional Mental Health Centre is in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec. It is a multi-level security facility. It shares a property with Archambault Institution, and the Regional Reception Centre.

The Centre deals with inmates who have various mental health needs. This includes those suffering from mental disorders and personality disorders. It also includes inmates who need continuing care and inmates who suffer from multiple mental health issues at the same time.

The Centre is made up of four units:

• the acute care unit
• the psychiatric care unit
• the rehabilitation care unit
• the personality disorders processing unit

Facility Characteristics

• Institution for male offenders
• Security level: multi-level
• Date opened: 1973
• Rated capacity: 119

Did you know?

CSC offers a variety of correctional programs to help inmates become law-abiding citizens.