Designations of Correctional Facilities
made under clauses 3(1)(b) and (d) of the
Correctional Services Act
S.N.S. 2005, c. 37
N.S. Reg. 2/2012 (May 10, 2011)
amended to N.S. Reg. 22/2020 (effective January 29, 2020)
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Citation
Definition
Cape Breton Correctional Facility
Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility
Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
[Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility]
Nova Scotia Youth Centre
Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
Temporarily housing female offenders
Temporarily housing youth offenders
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Designations of Correctional Facilities.
Definition
2 In these regulations,
“Act” means the Correctional Services Act;
“Correctional Services Regulations” means the Correctional Services Regulations
made under the Act.
3 [repealed]
Cape Breton Correctional Facility
4 (1) The Cape Breton Correctional Facility, located at 136 Gardiner Road, Sydney, Nova
Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.
(2) The Cape Breton Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult offenders
only.
(3) Despite subsection (2) and subject to Section 10, the Cape Breton Correctional
Facility may be used for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including adult
female offenders serving intermittent sentences.
Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility
5 (1) The Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility, located at 136 Gardiner Road, Sydney,
Nova Scotia is designated as a correctional facility.
(2) The Cape Breton Youth Detention Facility is designated for housing youth offenders
who are in open custody or secure custody or who have been remanded into custody.
(3) Despite subsection (2) and subject to Section 10, the Cape Breton Youth Detention
Facility may be used for temporarily housing adult offenders.
Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
6 (1) The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at Lot 920, Burnside
Industrial Park, Gloria McCluskey Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is designated
as a correctional facility, including the 24 cells for offenders suffering from mental
illnesses (the “MIO Unit”) and the 12-bed health unit, and including all support and
other ancillary spaces within and for the MIO Unit and the health unit.
(2) The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult
offenders only.
[Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility]
7 (1) The Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at 10202 Sherbrooke Road,
Pictou County, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.
(2) The Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult male
offenders only.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility may be used
(a) subject to Section 10, for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including
adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences; and
(b) subject to Sections 10 and 11, for temporarily housing youth offenders.
Nova Scotia Youth Centre
8 (1) The Nova Scotia Youth Centre, located at 1442 Country Home Road, Waterville,
Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.
(2) The Nova Scotia Youth Centre is designated for housing youth offenders who are in
open custody or secure custody or who have been remanded into custody.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the Nova Scotia Youth Centre may be used for housing adult
male offenders, but only if the following requirements are met:
(a) the requirements respecting separate housing in the Youth Criminal Justice Act
(Canada); and
(b) for female youth offenders, the requirements respecting female offenders in
Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional
Services Regulations.
Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
9 (1) The Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, located at 227 Forest Street, RR
#4, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is designated as a correctional facility.
(2) The Southwest Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is designated for housing adult
male offenders only.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the Southwest [Nova Scotia] Correctional Facility may be
used
(a) subject to Section 10, for temporarily housing adult female offenders, including
adult female offenders serving intermittent sentences; and
(b) subject to Sections 10 and 11, for temporarily housing youth offenders.
Temporarily housing female offenders
10 Temporarily housing female offenders in correctional facilities that are not designated for
female offenders is permitted only if
(a) prior permission has been granted by the Executive Director or the Executive
Director’s designate; and
(b) the requirements respecting female offenders in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act
and Sections 74 to 77 of the Correctional Services Regulations can be met.
Temporarily housing youth offenders
11 Temporarily housing youth offenders in correctional facilities that are not designated for
youth offenders is permitted only if
(a) prior permission has been granted by the Executive Director or the Executive
Director’s designate and the following requirements can be met:
(i) the requirements respecting separate housing in the Youth Criminal
Justice Act (Canada); and
(ii) for female youth offenders, the requirements respecting female offenders
in Sections 41 and 42 of the Act and Sections 74 to 77 of the
Correctional Services Regulations; or
(b) a youth justice court judge or justice makes an order under Section 30 of the
Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada).