Collins Bay Institution

Collins Bay Institution
Institutional/Courier address:
1455 Bath Road
Kingston, Ontario
K7M 4X2
Staff mailing address:
1455 Bath Road
PO Box 190
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 4V9
Inmate mailing address:
1455 Bath Road
PO Box 5117
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 0A8
Collins Bay Institution is located on the Bath Road in the City of Kingston, Ontario. Collins Bay Institution first opened in 1930 as a medium-security facility under the name "Preferred Class Penitentiary (Ontario)".
We acknowledge that this institution is situated on the following traditional territories:
- Crawford Purchase, 1783
- Wendake-Nionwentsïo
- Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee)
- Mississauga
Effective April 1, 2013, Collins Bay Institution, a medium-security facility and Frontenac Institution, a minimum-security facility built in 1962, amalgamated as a clustered site. In addition, effective January 2015, Collins Bay Institution opened a maximum-security unit.
Following the closure of Kingston Penitentiary in September 2013 Collins Bay Institution has become the oldest operational federal men's correctional facility in the Ontario region.
Collins Bay Institution is a clustered facility with a minimum site based on a residential design model, a medium-security site based on a linear design model and a maximum security site with reduced movement out of the unit.
Maximum security site rated capacity: 96
Medium security site rated capacity: 482
Minimum security site rated capacity: 182
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