After overcrowding and additional bed space was required, a second facility was proposed and completed in 2012.

The new facility named the New Edmonton Remand Centre (NERC) opened on April 12, 2013, and is currently Canada's largest prison.

[2] Remand centres are provincial or territorial jails where people awaiting trial for charges they have not yet been convicted of are held for up to two years.

[4] The highest rates are in Alberta and Ontario, where in 2019 roughly 70% of incarcerated people in remand centres were awaiting trial or sentencing.

[2][14] The new facility structure aimed at targeting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certifications.