Matsqui Prison

• In-person visits suspended at B.C. prison after COVID-19 outbreak

  The Correctional Service of Canada said 28 inmates at the prison are affected by a COVID outbreak and staff have put measures in place to minimize the spread of the virus. 

  Health

  Jun 7, 2022
  
• Inmate affiliated with Hells Angels dies in B.C. prison

  At the time of his death at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford, Alan Peter Knapczyk was serving a 10-year sentence handed out in 2012 for drug trafficking and other offences.

  Crime

  Feb 25, 2022
  
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• Matsqui Institution on 4th day of lockdown as staff conduct ‘exceptional search’

  The Correctional Service of Canada issued a media release saying it was "committed to preventing the entry of contraband into its institutions."

  Crime

  Feb 8, 2019
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• Matsqui prison inmate caught with $5,700 worth of marijuana and tobacco

  Matsqui is investigating how the drugs entered the facility in the first place.

  Crime

  Sep 8, 2017
• Abbotsford prison put on lockdown due to finding of homemade shivs

  A prison in Abbotsford has been placed on lockdown for at least the next two days following the discovery of three homemade shivs in one of the living areas.

  Oct 1, 2014