Warkworth Institution

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Canadian Prisons
Warkworth Institution
Location:	Campbellford, Ontario
Status:	Operational
Classification:	Medium security
Capacity:	670
Opened:	1967
Closed:
Managed by:	Corrections Canada

The Warkworth Institution is a medium-security prison facility located in Campbellford, Ontario. It is the largest Federal Correctional Institution in Canada with a population of approximately 580 housed in five units. It is a male-only facility and generally one-third of the inmates are imprisoned for a sexually related offence.

[edit] History

Construction of Warkworth Institution started on March 26, 1965 on 208 acres of land that had been purchased by the Department of Justice. In 1967, the instituton began operation entirely with staff and no inmate population. In September 1967, ten block was opened and the first 6 inmates arrived from Joyceville Institution. The official opening took place on October 14, 1967.

This male only institution has taken part in many studies one such study was done by Seto and Barbaree whom used observational research to prove that treatment was not as effective as it should be. They did this by assessing “224 sex offenders at the Warkworth Institution who were at risk for recidivism and were primarily men who were released on parole or at the end of there sentences” (Seto and Barbaree 1118). They also utilized data from the (CPIC) Canadian Police Information Center to determine the exact number of re offences during the five years of the assessment period. They also made use of the “PCL-R checklist that focus on propensity for impulsiveness and irresponsibility and callousness”(Seto and Barbaree 1120).

The results from such tests and subsequent interviews concluded that of the “212 offenders involved in the study, 42% re offended in some way and 24% committed a new nonsexual violent or sexual offence”(Seto and Barbaree 1122). While looking at such high numbers it is very tough to agree that treatment does work.

In 1971, the Living Unit concept was introduced.

Warkworth is a sister institution to Springhill, N.S.; Cowansville, PQ; and Drumheller, AB.

Warkworth Institution has an offender population of approximately 580.