Mission Institution is a minimum and medium security federal institution within the Correctional Service of Canada and is located in Mission,

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. It has a capacity of 540 inmates: 324 in medium security and 216 in minimum security. Mission Institution is broken up into 6 living units, with that also accommodates inmates from neighboring ission Minimum Institution Mission Institution has several industries building, allowing inmates to be employed to build numerous products. The institution was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak, where at least 133 inmates and staff had tested positive for the virus, with one death. The Provincial Health Services Authority's Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) was set up in a secure area at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, in order to assist with controlling the outbreak.

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Institution profile at Corrections Canada
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