Shepody Healing Centre, established in 2001, is a multi-level security facility at Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, New Brunswick, serving male offenders with serious mental health conditions.[1][2] As one of five regional treatment centres operated by Correctional Service Canada (CSC), the Centre also provides inpatient and outpatient emergency and consultative services to other facilities in the Atlantic Region.[1]
The Centre houses those who are deemed not criminally responsible.[3] With a maximum capacity of 53, the Centre has 38 multi-level beds, along with 15 mental health transition beds at Dorchester Penitentiary.[1][2]
Gregory Despres is among the Centre's more notable inmates.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Shepody Healing Centre". Correctional Service of Canada. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
- ^ a b Government of Canada, Correctional Service of Canada (2013-02-11). "english title". www.csc-scc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
- ^ "'It's not always easy:' A rare look at life inside the Shepody Healing Centre". Atlantic. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
- ^ "Killer Gregory Despres ordered to remain in N.B. secure psychiatric facility". Global News. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
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