The Westmorland Institution is a Canadian federal
corrections facility located in the village of
Dorchester,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. It shares a property with
Dorchester Penitentiary
The Dorchester Penitentiary ( French: Pénitencier de Dorchester) is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick. It shares a property with Westmorland Institution and Shepody Healing Centre.
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and
Shepody Healing Centre Shepody Healing Centre, established in 2001, is a multi-level security facility at Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, New Brunswick, serving male offenders with serious mental health conditions. As one of five regional treatment centres operate ...
.
History
It was opened in 1962 as a
minimum security prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
on a hill overlooking the Memramcook River valley.
References
External links
Pénitencier de Westmorland -
Correctional Service of Canada
Correctional Service of Canada institutions
Buildings and structures in Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Prisons in New Brunswick
1962 establishments in New Brunswick
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