Joliette Institution for Women


Joliette Institution for Women is a prison for women in Joliette, Quebec, northeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada and has a capacity of 132 prisoners.
Built in 1997, it originally had a capacity for 80 prisoners; it is one of several prisons that replaced the Kingston Prison for Women.

Composition

The prison has an on-site day care, and there is a parenting skills program in which prisoners may babysit children.
The prison has ten two-story cottage units, with each one housing eight women.
In April 2003 a maximum security wing opened, costing $4-million. There is also a ten-person maximum security unit that was scheduled to be completed in 2013–2014.

Notable prisoners