Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre
Prison in Ontario, Canada
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The Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre (formerly Northern Treatment Centre) is a medium/maximum security prison located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.[3] The entire centre has a capacity of 104 beds.[4]
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6A 5K7
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| Location | 800 Great Northern Rd Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5K7 |
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| Coordinates | 46°33′06″N 84°18′57″W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium/Maximum |
| Capacity | 140 |
| Opened | 1990[1][2] |
| Former name | Northern Treatment Centre |
| Managed by | Ministry of the Solicitor General |
Treatment Centre
As a Treatment Centre, it provides "specialized and intensive treatment for motivated offenders with clearly identified problems relating to substance abuse, sexual misconduct, impulse control and anger management."[5] The centre is divided into two sections, the treatment centre and the remand centre, which acts as the local correctional centre.
Incidents and deaths
In 2012, 3 hockey players including now NHL player Nick Cousins spent time in the treatment centre after their involvement in the gang-sexual assault of a local woman.
In the spring of 2014, an inmate died of a drug overdose in the centre. A coroner's inquest determined that the inmate died after consuming "crushed up oxycontin and chewing fentanyl from a patch". As corrections officers at the time were limited to a visible strip search and were unable to perform a cavity search, It was determined that the inmate had "hooped" the drugs and smuggled them into the prison.[6] [7]
In the Fall of 2018, ex-NHL player Theo Fleury visited the prison, to speak to inmates about healing in relation to his experiences with abuse, addictions and mental health. [8][9]
In January 2019, a riot broke out in the prison.[10]