In doing so, on paper the prison is not overcrowded. The Nova Institution for Women in Truro, N.S. (CBC) Kassandra Churcher said she has seen overcrowding first-hand as executive director of the ...

The volunteer doula program at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro, N.S., has been reinstated, according to the group that runs it. "I'm so relieved," said Martha Paynter, coordinator of ...

So far, 20 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Nova Institution for Women and 31 have tested positive at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility. Former N.S. guard faces 13 ...

It’s these qualities that make the Horticulture Skills Training Program an extremely popular program amongst the women at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro. Dalhousie’s Faculty of Agriculture is ...

In 2011, there were no reported incidents of self injury at the Nova Institution for Women. That climbed to 56 incidents in 2012 when the prison's average population was 72. The following year there ...

HALIFAX – Correctional Services Canada has confirmed that a female inmate has died at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro, NS. According to a press release, 22-year-old Camille Strickland ...

A former correctional officer at the Nova Institution for Women, a federal facility in Truro, N.S., has pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault and three counts of breach of trust.

In 2020, Lisa Adams and her lawyers successfully argued before a Nova Scotia judge that her ... vagina while serving a sentence at Nova Institution for Women in Truro. A "dry cell" can be used ...

CTV Atlantic: Inmate found dead at Nova Institutio A 22-year-old inmate at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro died Tuesday evening.

The volunteer doula program at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro, N.S., has been reinstated, according to the group that runs it. "I'm so relieved," said Martha Paynter, coordinator of Women's ...