{{Short description|Prison in New Brunswick, Canada}} {{confused|Atlantic Institute}} {{Infobox prison | prison_name = Atlantic Institution | image = <!--240px --> | caption = | location = Renous, Blackville Parish, Northumberland County, New Brunswick | coordinates = | status = | classification = Maximum security | capacity = 331 | population = 228 | populationdate = | opened = 1987 | closed = | former_name = | managed_by = Correctional Service of Canada | director = | governor = | warden = | prisoners = }} '''Atlantic Institution''' ({{langx|fr|'''Établissement de l'Atlantique'''}}<ref>"[http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/etablissements/001002-1001-fra.shtml Établissement de l'Atlantique]." Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved on October 7, 2014.</ref>) is a Canadian maximum security prison for men. It is located in Renous, a rural community about 30 kilometres from Miramichi, New Brunswick at the confluence of the Renous and Southwest Miramichi rivers.<ref name="gov" /><ref name="Gowanjan87">{{cite news |last1=Gowan |first1=Derwin |title=Maximum security prison opening today at Renous |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-journal-february-87-opening/196084579/ |access-date=22 April 2026 |work=Telegraph Journal |date=23 January 1987 |location=Saint John, NB |page=4}}</ref>
==History== The institution was opened in 1987 on property that had formerly been used as an ammunition depot by the Canadian Forces.<ref name="gov">{{cite web |title=Atlantic Institution |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/correctional-service/corporate/facilities-security/institutional-profiles/atlantic/atlantic-institution.html |website=Canada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=21 April 2026}}</ref>
Renous was selected as the site for the new maximum security prison for Atlantic Canada during the early 1980s after the aging Dorchester Penitentiary was evaluated as being unsuitable for the changing focus of correctional services for repeat and violent offenders.
Following the opening of Atlantic Institution, the Dorchester Penitentiary was downgraded to handle medium security prisoners in conjunction with the Springhill Institution.
==Notable inmates== * Justin Bourque, perpetrator of the 2014 Moncton shootings.<ref>{{cite news |last=Magee |first=Shane |date=10 September 2025 |title=Justin Bourque found guilty of 2022 prison stabbing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/justin-bourque-prison-stabbing-trial-verdict-1.7629199 |work=CBC News |access-date=18 April 2026}}</ref> * Allan Legere, serial killer.<ref>{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Michael |date=10 March 2026 |title=Serial killer Allan Legere, New Brunswick's 'Monster of the Miramichi,' dead at 78 |url=https://www.oakvillenews.org/national-news/serial-killer-allan-legere-new-brunswicks-monster-of-the-miramichi-dead-at-78-11982103 |work=Oakville News |access-date=18 April 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/facilit/institutprofiles/atlantic-eng.shtml Profile from Corrections Canada]
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Category:Correctional Service of Canada institutions Category:Buildings and structures in Northumberland County, New Brunswick Category:Prisons in New Brunswick Category:1987 establishments in New Brunswick Category:Federal government buildings in New Brunswick