Stony Mountain Institution

50°04′55″N 97°13′30″W / 50.082°N 97.225°W / 50.082; -97.225

Stony Mountain Institution
Stony Mountain Institution, 2008
Coordinates50°04′55″N 97°13′30″W / 50.082°N 97.225°W / 50.082; -97.225
Security classminimum, medium, & maximum
CapacityAdult males
  • Maximum security: 96
  • Medium security: 484
  • Minimum security: 217
Opened
  • January 1877 (inmates moved)
  • August 15, 1877 (August 15, 1877) (grand opening)
Former nameManitoba Penitentiary
Managed byCorrectional Service of Canada
WardenChris Ritchie
Notable prisoners
Chief Big Bear (also known as Mistahi-maskwa), Ken Leishman, Thomas Hogan, Thomas Sophonow, James Driskell

Stony Mountain Institution is a federal multi-security complex located in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood immediately adjacent to the community of Stony Mountain, Manitoba, about 24 km (15 mi) from Winnipeg.

The Institution (medium-security) began operations in 1877, making it the oldest running federal prison in Canada following the closure of Ontario's Kingston Penitentiary on 30 September 2013. Immediately adjacent to Stony Mountain Institution is the Rockwood Institution, a minimum-security facility established in 1962. The newest addition to Stony Mountain, the maximum-security unit, opened in 2014.

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