Aproximate amount of prisoners | 516 |
Approximate amount of indigenous identifying prisoners | 1403 |
Location | Bath, ON |
Provincial or Federal | Federal |
Security | Medium |
Male or Female | Male |
Bath Institution is a federal medium security male prison that opened in 1972 and is home to the Ontario regional intermediate mental health unit.
Individual prisoner statistics are not known so the amount of prisoners is the amount of prisoners Bath institution can have and the number of indigenous identifying prisoners is just 28% of the approximate amount of prisoners rounded up, because 28% of prisoners in federal custody identify as indigenous.
Bath Institution is on Mississauga land purchased in Crawfords purchase.
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Canada,. “This Interactive Data Visualization Dashboard Provides an Overview of Correctional Services Programs in Canada. The Dashboard Features Statistics on Average Daily Counts, Community and Custodial Admissions and the Characteristics of Adults and Youth in the Correctional System (such as Age, Sex and Aboriginal Identity). A Map Is Available for Users to View Data by Province, Territory or Federal Programs.” Statcan.gc.ca, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 19 Nov. 2019, www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2019018-eng.htm. Accessed 28 May 2024.
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