Fenbrook Institution is a Canadian medium security

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located in

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.Institutional Profiles: Ontario Region: Fenbrook Institution

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. Accessed 13 January 2011. It was merged with Beaver Creek Institution on April 1, 2014. It is now referred to as Beaver Creek Institution, Medium Unit. The Canadian government announced plans to build the prison in 1992. A contract for the building's construction was awarded in 1996, and the facility opened in 1998."Contract Awarded To Construct Gravenhurst Facility," ''Canada NewsWire'', 16 August 1996, 11:41. According to the

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, it can accommodate as many as 404 inmates. A new unit is being constructed that will house an additional 96 inmates and is scheduled to open in April 2014.

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