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Bowden Institution
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Bowden Institution is a medium-security federal correctional institution operated by Correctional Service Canada in the Prairie Region, Alberta.
Background
Bowden Institution is a medium security prison operated by Correctional Services Canada. It was built on an "open campus" model. In an adjoining minimum security annex prisoners live in ordinary houses. The facility is located on Alberta's Queen Elizabeth II Highway, between the small towns of Bowden, Alberta and Innisfail, Alberta, approximately halfway between Calgary and Edmonton.
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Year opened
1974
Operational
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Facility profile
Operator
Correctional Service CanadaPopulation held
male
Opened
1974
Region
Alberta
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Notable inmates
Omar Khadr1986 · jihadistOmar Ahmed Said Khadr (Arabic: ع٠ر Ø£Ø٠د سعÙد خضر, romanized: Ê»Umar Aḥmad Saʻīd Khiá¸r; born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian who, at the age of 15, was detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for ten years, during which he pleaded guilty to the murder of U.S.
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions
- Wikipedia â Correctional Service Canada
- Correctional Service Canada â Institutional profiles — Government of Canada (CSC)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Correctional Service Canada â institutions directory — Correctional Service Canada / Nova Scotia Open Data
- Wikidata (Q16199662)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Bowden Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bowden-institution
Chicago
"Bowden Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bowden-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-bowden-institution,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Bowden Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bowden-institution},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}