Nova Institution for Women explained

Prison Name:	Nova Institution for Women
Location:	180 James Street Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 6R8
Coordinates:	45.3495°N -63.2999°W
Classification:	multi
Opened:	1995
Managed By:	Correctional Service Canada
Warden:	Adele MacInnis-Meagher

Nova Institution for Women (French: '''Établissement Nova pour femmes'''^[1]) is a Canadian federal prison for women in Truro, Nova Scotia. The facility, which handles different levels of offenders, can accommodate up to 70 inmates. Nova Institution opened in 1995.^{[2] [3]} The maximum security unit opened in 2002 or 2003.^[4]

Main programs at the institution include:

• Living skills
• Sex offender programs
• Substance abuse treatment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is the federal government agency responsible for administering sentences of a term of two years or more.^[5]

Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith, a prisoner who later died after an apparent suicide attempt, was held at several CSC institutions including Nova Institution.^[6]

References

• News: Women's prison under lockdown. April 7, 2011 . Truro Daily News. August 13, 2011.
• News: Inmate warns tension running high at prison. July 31, 2007 . Harry . Sullivan. Truro Daily News. August 13, 2011.
• News: Nova Institution inmates still concerned about their security. September 13, 2007 . Janna . Graham . Truro Daily News. August 13, 2011.
• News: Women smash prison furniture. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107171400/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/497886671.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+06,+1996&author=&pub=Waterloo+Region+Record&desc=Women+smash+prison+furniture&pqatl=google. dead. November 7, 2012. The Record . Kitchener, Ontario. September 6, 1996. A.3 . Four prisoners at a new federal women's penitentiary in Truro, NS, went on a furniture-smashing ... a member of the prison's citizens' advisory committee. ... . August 13, 2011.
• News: Prisoners moved as rampage probed . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107171412/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/497888021.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+07,+1996&author=&pub=Waterloo+Region+Record&desc=Prisoners+moved+as+rampage+probed&pqatl=google. dead. November 7, 2012. The Record . Kitchener, Ontario. September 7, 1996. A.8 . August 13, 2011.

External links

• Correctional Service of Canada Official Site: csc-scc.gc.ca

Notes and References

1. "Établissement Nova pour femmes." Correctional Service Canada. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
2. News: Special care beds being added to Nova institute. December 10, 2010 . Sherry . Martell . Truro Daily News. August 13, 2011.
3. News: Protests can't halt construction of women's jails: New institutions 'not as oppressive' as Kingston's P4W. https://archive.today/20130131182425/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/510896611.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+26,+1995&author=&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Protests+can't+halt+construction+of+women's+jails:+New+institutions+'not+as+oppressive'+as+Kingston's+P4W&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. The Spectator . Hamilton, Ontario. April 26, 1995. F.7. August 13, 2011.
4. News: First maximum security unit for women offenders opens in Truro. . Community Action. February 17, 2003 . August 13, 2011.
5. http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/index-eng.shtml The Correctional Service of Canada Official site
6. News: Broaden Ashley Smith inquest: lawyer. November 1, 2010 . Dave . Seglins . CBC News . August 13, 2011.