Regional Reception Centre

Regional Reception Centre
Location Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec
Coordinates 45°45′02″N 73°51′35″W / 45.750467°N 73.859586°W / 45.750467; -73.859586Coordinates: 45°45′02″N 73°51′35″W / 45.750467°N 73.859586°W / 45.750467; -73.859586
Status Active
Security class multiple
Capacity 283
Population ?
Opened 1973[1]
Managed by Corrections Canada
Director Warden
Special Handling Unit
Location Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec
Coordinates 45°45′02″N 73°51′35″W / 45.750467°N 73.859586°W / 45.750467; -73.859586
Status Active
Security class Super Maximum
Population 90 (as of 2008)
Opened 1984[2]
Managed by Corrections Canada
Director Warden

The Regional Reception Centre (French: Centre régional de réception[3]) is a Canadian federal prison for men co-located Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (maximum security) and the Regional Reception Centre, at the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) complex at Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec (a short distance from Mirabel International Airport).

The Special Handling Unit (SHU; French: Unité spéciale de détention or USD[3]), within the centre, is Canada's highest security (super-maximum)[4] prison. As of 2008, there were 90 prisoners at the SHU.[5] In English it is nicknamed "the SHU" (pronounced 'shoe'), and in French it is the "USD".

The 6 wing radial shaped facility is surrounded by three rows of fencing which is in turn surrounded by farms.

Inmates are always handcuffed in the presence of officers. When escorting inmates, officers are unarmed to prevent inadvertently placing a weapon in the vicinity of the prisoner. Escorting officers do carry pepper spray. Weapons and other equipment are carried by officers manning the elevated catwalk. Inmates must progress through programs in the SHU before being transferred back to the general population of other maximum security prisons; however, some inmates are considered to be too high-risk to be eligible for this and are detained in the SHU for longer periods.

Notable inmates of the Special Handling Unit

Current inmates

Men:

Former inmates

Men:

Women:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Regional Reception Centre." Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Correctional Service of Canada - Publications - Let's Talk". Csc-scc.gc.ca. 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  3. 1 2 "Centre régional de réception." Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved on August 6, 2016. See English version
  4. ↑ Amellal, D. The Special Handling Unit: High Security, Special Expertise, Safety and Security - Inside CSC Institutions. Let's Talk, Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved on: 2011-09-04.
  5. ↑ "Institutional Profiles". Csc-scc.gc.ca. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  6. ↑ Freeze, Colin. "Canada's imprisoned bomb-plotters say their isolation does not fit the crime ." The Globe and Mail. Wednesday August 31, 2011. Updated Thursday September 6, 2012. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Hells Angel Walter Stadnick back on the streets. The Toronto Star. Retrieved on: 2015-07-17.
  9. ↑ "Homolka will return to Joliette prison." National Post. May 24, 2003. Retrieved on August 6, 2016. "Homolka, who has been at tie [sic] regional reception centre in the Ste. Anne des Plaines federal prison complex since March, 2001,[...]"

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