Stony Mountain Institution

50°04′55″N 97°13′30″W / 50.082°N 97.225°W / 50.082; -97.225

Stony Mountain Institution
Stony Mountain Institution, 2008
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Coordinates50°04′55″N 97°13′30″W / 50.082°N 97.225°W / 50.082; -97.225
Security classminimum, medium, & maximum
CapacityAdult males
  • Maximum security: 96
  • Medium security: 484
  • Minimum security: 217
Opened
  • January 1877 (inmates moved)
  • August 15, 1877; 147 years ago (August 15, 1877) (grand opening)
Former nameManitoba Penitentiary
Managed byCorrectional Service of Canada
WardenChris Ritchie
Notable prisoners
Chief Big Bear (also known as Mistahi-maskwa), Ken Leishman, Thomas Hogan, Thomas Sophonow, James Driskell

Stony Mountain Institution is a federal multi-security complex located in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood immediately adjacent to the community of Stony Mountain, Manitoba, about 24 km (15 mi) from Winnipeg.

The Institution (medium-security) began operations in 1877, making it the oldest running federal prison in Canada following the closure of Ontario's Kingston Penitentiary on 30 September 2013.[1][2] Immediately adjacent to Stony Mountain Institution is the Rockwood Institution, a minimum-security facility established in 1962.[2] The newest addition to Stony Mountain, the maximum-security unit, opened in 2014.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Correctional Service of Canada (2013-02-11). "Institutional profiles: Prairie region: Stony Mountain Institution". www.csc-scc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "Bank robbers, labour leaders and political prisoners: 140 years of history at Stony Mountain Institution | CBC News".
  3. ^ Parole Board of Canada (2015-09-18). "Stony Mountain Institution". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-20.