Grande Cache Institution
{{Short description|Prison in Alberta, Canada}}
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| location = Grande Cache, Alberta
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| classification = Medium security
| capacity = 448
| population = 370
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| managed_by = Correctional Service Canada
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Grande Cache Institution is a medium security prison located in Grande Cache, Alberta.
History
The facility was opened in 1985 and operated by the province of Alberta (Correctional Services of the Ministry of Solicitor General and Public Security) as the Grande Cache Correctional Centre{{Cite web |url=http://www.onpa.ca/portfolio/portfolio-project/74 |title=Architectural Projects by Alberta Architects | ONPA Architects |access-date=2013-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324091141/http://www.onpa.ca/portfolio/portfolio-project/74 |archive-date=2013-03-24 |url-status=dead }} until 1995. At that time, Correctional Service of Canada took possession of the property under a long-term lease from the province.{{cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/correctional-service/corporate/facilities-security/institutional-profiles/prairie/grande-cache-institution.html |title=Grande Cache Institution |website=canada.ca |date=11 February 2013 |accessdate=2024-05-16}} The lease was renewed in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/grande-cache-economy-continues-upswing-with-renewed-prison-lease |title=Grande Cache economy continues upswing with renewed prison lease |first1=Gordon |last1=Kent |date=2018-05-03 |accessdate=2024-05-16}}
While operated by the province of Alberta, the facility housed a Special Housing Unit.
As a federal institution, it was previously operated as a minimum security prison. However, it was converted to medium security in 2009/2010.
In September of 2022,{{cite web |url=https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-news/almost-half-a-million-dollars-worth-of-contraband-seized-from-alberta-prison |date=2022-09-26 |first1=Angela |last1=Stelmakowich |accessdate=2024-05-16 |title=Alberta prison reports seizure of almost half a million dollars worth of contraband}} and again in January of 2024,{{cite web |url=https://www.miragenews.com/contraband-unauthorized-items-seized-at-grande-1167883/ |title=Contraband, Unauthorized Items Seized at Grande Cache |date=2024-02-06 |accessdate=2024-05-16}} substantial amounts of contraband were seized in the facility.
Nicolas Hovanesian and Mohammed Karim filed complaints of discrimination in 2015 against the institution.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/2-muslim-inmates-file-rights-complaints-against-alberta-prison-1.3300658 |title=2 Muslim inmates file rights complaints against Alberta prison |date=2015-11-03 |first1=Maureen |last1=Brosnahan |work=CBC News |accessdate=2024-05-16}}
References
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Category:Municipal District of Greenview No. 16
Category:Correctional Service of Canada institutions
Category:1985 establishments in Alberta
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