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| Location | Kitchener, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°24′04″N 80°26′31″W / 43.4010°N 80.4420°W |
| Security class | Multi-level |
| Capacity | 171 approx. |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Managed by | Correctional Service of Canada |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Terri-Lynne McClintic, Jennifer Pan, Ashley Smith, Elizabeth Wettlaufer | |
Grand Valley Institution for Women (GVI; French: Établissement pour femmes Grand Valley[1]) is a women's prison in Kitchener, Ontario, operated by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).
In Canada, all offenders sentenced to prison terms of greater than two years serve their time in a federal institution operated by the CSC. The Grand Valley Institution, which had a reported capacity of approximately 130 women as of April 2010,[2] is the only federal women's prison in Ontario.[3]
- ^ "Établissement pour femmes Grand Valley." Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved on August 6, 2016. See English page
- ^ Institutional Profiles Ontario Region - Grand Valley Institution for Women
- ^ Flanagan, Ryan (2017-09-26). "Life in prison: Behind the barbed wire at Grand Valley Institution". CTV News. Retrieved 2018-09-21.