Westmorland Institution

Canadian federal corrections facility
45°54′50″N 64°30′35″W / 45.9138°N 64.5098°W / 45.9138; -64.5098Security classminimum securityCapacity252Opened1962Managed byCorrectional Service of Canada

The Westmorland Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick. It shares a property with Dorchester Penitentiary and Shepody Healing Centre.

History

It was opened in 1962 as a minimum security prison on a hill overlooking the Memramcook River valley.

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External links

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