Mission Institution is a medium security federal institution within the Correctional Service of Canada

Correctional Service of Canada

The Correctional Service of Canada , or CSC, is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders sentenced to two years or more...

 and is located in Mission

Mission, British Columbia

Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. As of March 2007, it currently houses 259 inmates. Mission Institution is broken up into 5 living units, with an additional 10 cell segregation unit that also accommodates inmates from neighboring Ferndale Institution

Ferndale Institution

Ferndale Institution is a minimum-security federal correctional facility located in Mission, British Columbia, in the central Fraser Valley, about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver...

. Mission Institution has several industries building, allowing inmates to be employed to build numerous products, including CORCAN furniture and restoring bicycles for the Bikes for Kids program.

Management

Currently, the Warden at Mission Institution is Diane Knopf. The Deputy Warden is Corrine Justason and the Assistant Warden Management Services is Trudy Barrett.