Her Majesty's Penitentiary

Aproximate amount of prisoners 175
Approximate amount of indigenous identifying prisoners 35
Location Headingway, MB
Provincial or Federal Provincial
Security Medium and Maximum
Male or Female Male

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Her Majesty's Penitentiary is the oldest active prison

Individual prisoner statistics are not known so the amount of prisoners is the prisoner capacity of Her Majesty's Penitentiary and the number of indigenous identifying prisoners is 20% of the approximate amount of prisoners rounded up, because 20% of prisoners in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial prison system identify as indigenous

Her Majesty's Penitentiary is on traditonal Beothuk land

Work Cited

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.

Bailey, Sue. “The Toronto Star.” Toronto Star, 15 Jan. 2017, www.thestar.com/news/canada/i-compare-it-to-the-dark-ages-assaults-soar-in-158-year-old-newfoundland-prison/article_1b9378b6-7053-5898-817f-9f5af9802ea0.html. Accessed 7 June 2024.

Sampson, Andrew. “St. John’s to Acknowledge Indigenous Territory before Each City Council Meeting.” CBC, 20 Feb. 2018, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-johns-council-to-acknowledge-indigenous-territory-1.4542564#:~:text=John’s%20is%20situated%20as%20the,South%20Inuit%20of%20this%20province.%22. Accessed 7 June 2024.