A vocational concrete shop has been established for mentally ill and low functioning prisoners to help gain employment and social skills.

The Riverbend Institution and a Section 81 [clarification needed] Healing Lodge are located close to the facility.

The institution is made up of twenty self-contained units, as well as two rooms to address the needs of handicapped offenders.

This institution provides many work placement opportunities including maintenance, shops, and the CORCAN farming operation.

The facility offers several additional services including Admission & Discharge, Health Care, Finance, Sentence Administration, and Personnel.

[7] A 2018 report by the Correctional Services Canada's (CSC) National Board of Investigation found that issues relating to prison management, negotiations over food service work, and "the presence of an influential inmate personality who had a history of inciting other inmates to act out" had contributed to the riot.

"[10] Zinger insisted that the CSC report was superficial (interviewing only one inmate) and self-serving for failing to adequately address the issue of food, or to investigate the role of gangs in the riot.