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William Head Institution (Victoria, British Columbia) [textual record]

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[ca. 1973-1990]

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R942-48-5-E, RG73

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142318

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William Head Institution (Victoria, British Columbia)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1973-1990]

Place of creation:

Canada

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m of textual records

Language of material:

English
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Correctional Service Canada, William Head Institution, Security and Administrative Inquiries [textual record]

Correctional Service Canada, William Head Institution, Security and Administrative Inquiries [textual record]

Correctional Service Canada, Pacific Region, William Head Institution, Victoria, B.C., Central Registry Files [textual record]

Administrative and operational records of William Head Institution [textual record]

Legal affairs, research, and correctional inquiries records of the William Head Institution [textual record]

Legal affairs and committee records of the William Head Institution [textual record]

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Legal affairs, inquiries and inmate committee records of the William Head Institution [textual record]

Information services, inmate management and inmate redress records of the William Head Institution [textual record]

Inquiries and investigations, programs, inmate management and other records of the William Head Institution [textual record]

Offender files of the William Head Institution, Victoria, British Columbia [textual record]

Offender files of the William Head Institution, Victoria, British Columbia [textual record]

Offender files of the William Head Institution, Victoria, British Columbia [textual record]

Offender files of the William Head Institution, Victoria, British Columbia [textual record]

Offender files of the William Head Institution, Victoria, British Columbia [textual record]

Offender files of the William Head Institution, Victoria, British Columbia [textual record]
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William Head Institution

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William Head Institution : William Head Institution is a medium-security institution located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, approximately 30 kilometers from the city of Victoria. William Head opened in 1959 as one of Canada's first 'Open Prisons' with a minimum-security classification. As of October 1st, 1974, William Head Institution was reclassified as a medium-security institution.

William Head Institution is different in design and construction from most institutions. It was initially designed as a Quarantine Station and the Department of National Health and Welfare provided this service from 1881 to 1958. In 1959, the Canadian Penitentiary Service established William Head Institution mainly to accommodate the overflow of inmates from British Columbia Penitentiary, and the Institution served as a satellite of the Penitentiary until 1966.

During a short period of time in the late 1950s and early 1960s, accommodation and buildings were shared by the Department of National Health and Welfare and Canadian Penitentiary Service personnel. When the Quarantine Station ceased to operate at William Head, the property was turned over to the Canadian Penitentiary Service and a number of employees from the Department of National Health and Welfare transferred to positions within the Penitentiary Service. Buildings previously used by the Quarantine Station were improvised to accommodate staff and inmates of the institution. Some buildings, scattered throughout the peninsula, were renovated, while others were demolished, burned and replaced by new construction. There are some signs, notably at the point of William Head where there are remnants of concrete gun emplacements, towers and bunkers, of William Head being used by the Department of National Defense during the war years. 1154

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00-0815 VFRC
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02-0549 VFRC
03-0451 VFRC
03-0721 VFRC
04-0605 VFRC
05-0324 VFRC
123-000666-4
1995-96/666 VFRC
1996-01125-1
1996-01730-6
1996-97/126 VFRC
1996-97/731 VFRC
2002-00377-7
2002-00415-3
2004/015
2009-00965-7
2009-00990-8
2009-01000-0
2010-00331-4
2011-00292-3
2013-00307-2
2015-01640-6
2015-01641-4
2015-01642-2
2015-01643-0
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96-1024 VFRC
96/048
98-0457 VFRC
98-0818 VFRC
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99-0547 VFRC
RG73
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