Correctional services are operated by both the federal and provincial governments. Offenders who receive sentences of less than two years or who receive community sentences such as fines, community service work or probation are under provincial jurisdiction. Offenders who receive prison sentences of two years or more are the responsibility of the federal government. Young offender services, including pre-trial supervision, community and custody sentences and Extrajudicial Sanctions Programs, are the responsibility of the provincial government. The provinces and territories of Canada also operate correction facilities:
Alberta
;Administered by the Correctional Services of the Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General:
* Male unit formerly Riverrige Correctional Centre
* Female unit Formerly Territorial Women's Correctional Centre
Nova Scotia
Administered by the Correctional Services Division of Ministry of the Attorney General and Justice: Adult offender provincial correctional facilities:
Antigonish Correctional Facility – Opened 1948; 17 beds for adult male offenders; the government is currently in the planning stages for a replacement facility; final government approval to proceed with construction has not been announced.
Cape Breton Correctional Facility – Opened February 21, 1975; 96 beds for adult male offenders; co-located with the Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility.
Cumberland Correctional Facility – Opened 1890; renovated 1978; 29 beds for adult male offenders; the government is currently in the planning stages for a replacement facility. The former government announced a replacement facility to be built in Springhill during the May/June election campaign; however, the new government has decided not to proceed with a correctional facility at this location at this time.
Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility – Opened October 2001; replaced the Colchester, Halifax, Kings and Lunenburg correctional facilities; 224 cells for adult male offenders, and 48 cells, in a separate living unit, for adult female offenders; extra beds are placed in the cells when the number of admissions require extra accommodations for offenders; co-located with the East Coast Forensic Hospital.
Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility – Opened April 1, 2004; replaced the Yarmouth Correctional Centre; 38 cells for adult male offenders.
Young offender provincial correctional facilities:
Nova Scotia Youth Facility – Opened June 20, 1988; 98 cells for youth, boys and girls are housed in separate living units; co-located with an IWK Health Centre site.
Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility – Opened August 28, 2006; eight beds for boys and girls; boys and girls are housed separately; only used for short periods of custody, e.g., youth appearing in Cape Breton Island and Port Hawkesbury area courts, or when awaiting transfer to the Nova Scotia Youth Facility; co-located with the Cape Breton Correctional Facility.
Administered by the Community and Correctional Services Division of the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General:
Provincial Correctional Centre, Charlottetown
Prince County Correctional Centre, Summerside
Prince Edward Island Youth Centre, Summerside
Quebec
Administration of provincial prisons are under the Direction générale des services correctionnels of the Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec. For list of provincial facilities see Provincial prisons in Quebec.
Saskatchewan
Administered by Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing:
