Grande Cache Institution is a medium security prison located in

Grande Cache Grande Cache is a hamlet in West-Central Alberta, Canada within and administered by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located on Highway 40 approximately northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. Grande Cache overlooks the Sm ...

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History

The facility was opened in 1985 and operated by the province of

(Correctional Services of the Ministry of Solicitor General and Public Security) as the Grande Cache Correctional Centre until 1995. At that time,

Correctional Service of Canada The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC; ), also known as Correctional Service Canada or Corrections Canada, is the Government of Canada, Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and Rehabilitation (penology), rehabili ...

took possession of the property under a long-term lease from the province. The lease was renewed in 2018. While operated by the province of

, the facility housed a Special Housing Unit. As a federal institution, it was previously operated as a minimum security prison. However, it was converted to medium security in 2009/2010. In September of 2022, and again in January of 2024, substantial amounts of contraband were seized in the facility. Nicolas Hovanesian and Mohammed Karim filed complaints of discrimination in 2015 against the institution.

References

Prisons in Alberta Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 Correctional Service of Canada institutions 1985 establishments in Alberta {{Alberta-struct-stub Federal government buildings in Alberta