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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.
The now-demolished BC Penitentiary covers what is currently an entire neighbourhood on New Westminster's waterfront in Sapperton.
- Kenneth Chan
Two buildings of the now-decomissioned British Columbia Penitentiary in New Westminster have been retained and repurposed.
- Kenneth Chan
Mar 31, 2015 · The British Columbia Penitentiary, commonly referred to as the BC Pen, was a maximum-security prison in New Westminster, on a site overlooking the Fraser River. It opened in 1878, was home to prisoners serving sentences longer than two years, and was the first federal penitentiary to open west of Manitoba.
- Michaela Ludwig
Nov 10, 2023 · James Dyer and Dave Bachan of the Vancouver Sun visited British Columbia Penitentiary in New Westminster in late June 1943. Their story, “Prisoners in B.C. Penitentiary Playing Large Part in War Work” appeared on July 3.
Three more institutions followed: Manitoba Penitentiary (now Stony Mountain Institution) opened in 1877, British Columbia Penitentiary a year later, and Dorchester Penitentiary (New Brunswick) in 1880.
Kingston Penitentiary, known as British North America’s first penitentiary, was built through 1833 and 1834 which is a full 33 years before Confederation established the identity of a united country called Canada.
