Saskatchewan Penitentiary

Saskatchewan Penitentiary
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LocationPrince Albert No. 461, Saskatchewan, Canada
Coordinates53°11′51″N 105°48′54″W / 53.19750°N 105.81500°W / 53.19750; -105.81500
StatusOperational
Security classMedium to maximum
OpenedMay 15, 1911 (1911-05-15)
Managed byCorrectional Service of Canada
Websitecsc-scc.gc.ca/institutions/001002-4012-eng.shtml

Saskatchewan Penitentiary is a Medium Security Facility with Maximum Security areas. It is located on a walled 20-acre (81,000 m2) parcel of land in the Rural Municipality of Prince Albert No. 461, one kilometre west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. It opened in 1911 built on the site of a former residential school run by the Anglican Church of Canada.

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