New Brunswick

Dorchester Penitentiary

Canada

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2025

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Canada Border Services Agency (Governmental)

Detains: Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
No Data
No Data
No Data
Canada

3,598

Migration Detainees

185

Average Daily Migrant Detainee Population

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FACILITY NAMES
Dorchester Penitentiary
Location

Country: Canada

City & Region: New Brunswick, Americas

Latitude, Longitude: 45.911016, -64.510077

Contact Information

4902 Main St Dorchester, NB E4K 2Y9 Canada Tel: +1 506-379-2471


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2025
Last documented use
2012
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Prison or pretrial detention centre
2011
Management
Management
Type
Year
Canada Border Services Agency
Governmental
2013

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

SIZE & POPULATION

Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1

2012

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2013

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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