The British Columbia Penitentiary (BC Penitentiary, commonly referred to as the BC Pen and the Pen) was a federal maximum security prison located in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. The BC Penitentiary operated for 102 years, from 1878 until it was decommissioned in 1980. It was the first federal penal institution west of Manitoba.[1]
The Gatehouse was sold on September 8, 2021.
^Scott, Jack David (1984). Four Walls in the West: The Story of the British Columbia Penitentiary. New Westminster: Retired Federal Prison Officers' Association of British Columbia. pp. 2–3. ISBN 0-9691680-0-4.
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