Regional Psychiatric Centre

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| location = Saskatoon

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| state = Saskatchewan

| country = Canada

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| affiliation = University of Saskatchewan

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| beds = 171

| speciality = custodial forensic psychiatry

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style=background:#ccccff | align=center colspan=2|Canadian Prisons

align=center colspan=2|Regional Psychiatric Centre

style=background:#ccccff | style=width:80px|Location: | 2520 Central Avenue Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Status: |Operational

style=background:#ccccff |Classification: |multiple

Capacity: |171 men and women

style=background:#ccccff |Opened: |14 November 1978

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style=background:#ccccff |Managed by: |Corrections Canada

The Regional Psychiatric Centre is classified as a custodial forensic psychiatry facility (Federal Forensic Hospital) with multiple security levels with a staff of 345, it is located on a {{convert|55|acre|adj=on}} parcel of land owned by the University of Saskatchewan and opened in 1978.{{cite web

| title = REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

| work =April 2010

| publisher =Corrections Canada

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| url =http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/facilit/institutprofiles/rpc-eng.shtml

| accessdate =November 12, 2012 }}

It is the only psychiatric hospital in the country with a therapeutic healing program designed for women offenders.{{cite web

| title = The Fifth Estate - Behind the Walls

| publisher =Canadian Broadcast Corporation

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| url =http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2010-2011/behindthewall/

| accessdate =November 12, 2012 }}

The centre is the only of its kind affiliated with a university medical school and accredited as a hospital; patients are admitted and discharged by medical staff with senior medical staff and faculty jointly appointed with the university providing for the development of treatment and research programs.{{cite web

| title = 1978: Regional Psychiatric Centre Unique Institution

| publisher =University of Saskatchewan

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| url =http://scaa.sk.ca/gallery/uofs_events/articles/1978.php

| accessdate =November 12, 2012 }}

The centre is one of the residency training locations used by the Psychiatry Program at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine.{{cite web

| title = University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine - Psychiatry - Overview

| publisher =University of Saskatchewan

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| url =http://www.medicine.usask.ca/psychiatry/education/summary-of-the-training-program.html

| accessdate =November 12, 2012 }}

{{cite web

| title = Psychology Residency Program - Accreditation - Saskatoon Health Region

| publisher =The Canadian Psychological Association - Accreditation Panel

| date = September 2012

| url =http://www.saskatoonhealthregion.ca/join_our_team/documents/PsychologyResidency.pdf

| accessdate =November 12, 2012 }}