Atlantic Institution

Atlantic Institution (French: Établissement de l'Atlantique[1]) is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the community of Renous, New Brunswick.

Atlantic Institution
LocationRenous, Blackville Parish, Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Security classMaximum security
Capacity331
Population228
Opened1987
Managed byCorrectional Service of Canada

It is in proximity to Moncton, with about a two-hour driving distance.[2]

History

It was opened in 1987 on the north bank of the Southwest Miramichi River; the property was formerly used as an ammunition depot,[2] by the Canadian Forces.

Renous was selected as the site for the new maximum security prison for Atlantic Canada during the early 1980s after the aging Dorchester Penitentiary was evaluated as being unsuitable for the changing focus of correctional services for repeat and violent offenders.

Following the opening of Atlantic Institution, the Dorchester Penitentiary was downgraded to handle medium security prisoners in conjunction with the Springhill Institution.

Notable residents
  • David Mylvaganam, conspirator in the murder of Bich-Ha Pan and attempted murder of Hann Pan masterminded by Jennifer Pan[2]
  • Serial killer Allan Legere was housed here until his escape (during a hospital visit in Moncton for an ear infection) on May 3, 1989 and went on a year long terror spree in Miramichi, New Brunswick. Once caught, he was then moved to Canada's only super maximum-security prison Centre régional de réception in Quebec.
  • Justin Bourque, infamous for the Moncton shooting.
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References
  1. "Établissement de l'Atlantique." Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved on October 7, 2014.
  2. Grimaldi, Jeremy. A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story. Dundurn Books, November 12, 2016. ISBN 1459735250, 9781459735255 p. 312. "David Mylvaganam is currently incarcerated in New Brunswick, at the Atlantic Institution,[...]"

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