Nova Scotia
Administered by the Correctional Services Division of Department of Justice
Adult offender provincial correctional facilities:
- Antigonish Correctional Facility - Opened 1948; 17 beds for adult male offenders; the government is currently in the planning stages for a replacement facility; final government approval to proceed with construction has not been announced.
- Cape Breton Correctional Facility - Opened February 21, 1975; 96 beds for adult male offenders; co-located with the Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility.
- Cumberland Correctional Facility - Opened 1890; renovated 1978; 29 beds for adult male offenders; the government is currently in the planning stages for a replacement facility. The former (Progressive Conservative) government announced a replacement facility to be built in Springhill during the May/June election campaign; however, the new (New Democratic Party) government has decided not to proceed with a correctional facility at this location at this time.
- Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility - Opened October 2001; replaced the Colchester, Halifax, Kings and Lunenburg correctional facilities; 224 cells for adult male offenders, and 48 cells, in a separate living unit, for adult female offenders; extra beds are placed in the cells when the number of admissions require extra accommodations for offenders; co-located with the East Coast Forensic Hospital.
- Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility - Opened April 1, 2004; replaced the Yarmouth Correctional Centre; 38 cells for adult male offenders.
Closed adult offender provincial correctional facilities:
- Guysborough Correctional Centre - Closed 2000.
- Colchester Correctional Centre - Closed 2001.
- Halifax Correctional Centre - Closed 2001.
- Kings Correctional Centre - Closed 2001.
- Lunenburg Correctional Centre - Closed 2001.
- Yarmouth Correctional Centre - Closed 2004.
Young offender provincial correctional facilities:
- Nova Scotia Youth Facility - Opened June 20, 1988, 98 cells for youth, boys and girls are housed in separate living units; co-located with an IWK Health Centre site.
- Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility - Opened August 28, 2006; eight beds for boys and girls; boys and girls are housed separately; only used for short periods of custody, e.g., youth appearing in Cape Breton Island and Port Hawkesbury area courts, or when awaiting transfer to the Nova Scotia Youth Facility; co-located with the Cape Breton Correctional Facility.
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