50°04′55″N 97°13′30″W / 50.082°N 97.225°W
Coordinates | 50°04′55″N 97°13′30″W / 50.082°N 97.225°W |
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Security class | minimum, medium, & maximum |
Capacity | Adult males
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Opened |
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Former name | Manitoba Penitentiary |
Managed by | Correctional Service of Canada |
Warden | Chris 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]