Mission Institution Explained

Prison Name:	Mission Institution
Capacity:	Medium: 324 Minimum: 216
Opened:	April 1977
City:	Mission, British Columbia
Country:	Canada
Street-Address:	Medium: 8751 Stave Lake Street Minimum: 33737 Dewdney Trunk Road

Mission Institution is a minimum and medium security federal institution within the Correctional Service of Canada and is located in Mission, British Columbia. 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 [Mission Minimum Institution]. Mission Institution has several industries building, allowing inmates to be employed to build numerous products.

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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.^{[2] [3]} 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.^[4]

References

1. Correctional Service of Canada National Institutional Profiles, Retrieved March 31, 2010 from http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/facilit/institutprofiles/mission-eng.shtml
2. News: Smart. Amy. May 3, 2020. B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners due to COVID-19 outbreak. CBC News.
3. Web site: COVID-19: First prisoner from Mission Institution dies from virus. Vancouver Sun. en-CA. 2020-05-28.
4. Web site: Mobile unit set up to help treat COVID-19 patients from B.C.’s Mission Institution. Global News. en. 2020-05-28.

External links

• Institution profile at Corrections Canada

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