Nova Institution for Women

Nova Institution

Location	180 James Street Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 6R8
Coordinates	45°20′58″N 63°18′00″W / 45.3495°N 63.2999°WCoordinates: 45°20′58″N 63°18′00″W / 45.3495°N 63.2999°W
Security class	multi
Opened	1995
Managed by	Correctional Service Canada
Warden	Adele MacInnis-Meagher

Nova Institution 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.^{[1] [2]} The maximum security unit opened in 2002 or 2003.^[3]

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.^[4]

Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith, a prisoner who later died after an apparent suicide attempt, was held at several CSC institutions including Nova Institution.^[5]

References

1. Martell, Sherry (December 10, 2010). "Special care beds being added to Nova institute". Truro Daily News. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
2. "Protests can't halt construction of women's jails: New institutions 'not as oppressive' as Kingston's P4W". The Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario). April 26, 1995. p. F.7. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
3. "First maximum security unit for women offenders opens in Truro.". Community Action. February 17, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
4. The Correctional Service of Canada Official site
5. Seglins, Dave (November 1, 2010). "Broaden Ashley Smith inquest: lawyer". CBC News. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

• "Women's prison under lockdown". Truro Daily News. April 7, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
• Sullivan, Harry (July 31, 2007). "Inmate warns tension running high at prison". Truro Daily News. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
• Graham, Janna (September 13, 2007). "Nova Institution inmates still concerned about their security". Truro Daily News. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
• "Women smash prison furniture". The Record (Kitchener, Ontario). September 6, 1996. p. A.3. Retrieved August 13, 2011. 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. ...
• "Prisoners moved as rampage probed". The Record (Kitchener, Ontario). September 7, 1996. p. A.8. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

External links

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