Edmonton Max

• Edmonton Max inmate dies after being stabbed, homicide investigation underway

  Edmonton Institution inmate Bretton Fisher, 33, died after being stabbed at the maximum security prison and now the city's homicide detectives are investigating.

  Crime

  Jul 29, 2022
  
• 4 inmates charged with attempted murder after Edmonton Max assault

  It was reported that five inmates were involved in a "severe assault" in an exercise yard at the Edmonton Institution on July 12.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2019
  
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• Ex-employee at Edmonton prison charged with sexual assault against female coworker

  A 50-year-old man who used to work at a maximum security prison in Edmonton has been charged with sexual assault and assault with a weapon. 

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2019
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• 2 more Edmonton Institution workers fired amid harassment investigation

  Two more workers have been fired from the Edmonton Institution as part of an investigation into harassment, intimidation and bullying of other staff and inmates at the maximum security prison.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2018
• Criminal investigation into alleged staff misconduct at Edmonton prison

  Two investigations are underway into allegations of workplace harassment and other misconduct involving some corrections staff at the federal maximum-security Edmonton Institution.

  Crime

  Oct 31, 2017
• Edmonton max prison on lockdown after 2 inmates injured in assault

  Correctional Service Canada says the injured inmates at Edmonton Institution were taken to hospital to be treated.

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2017
• Lockdown ends at Edmonton max prison

  Operations have resumed as normal at the Edmonton Institution a week after the facility was put on lockdown.

  Crime

  Apr 8, 2015
• Maximum security prison in Edmonton on lockdown; staff doing ‘exceptional’ search

  The Edmonton Institution, a maximum security prison has been put into a lockdown.

  Crime

  Oct 15, 2014
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• Edmonton inmates were forced into prison fight club, lawsuit alleges

  Five inmates are suing the federal maximum security penitentiary in Edmonton, alleging guards put spit and feces in their food, regularly beat them and ran a sadistic prisoner fight club.

  Oct 7, 2013