Image: Google Maps / Matsqui Complex on King Road in Abbotsford.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Prisoner hospitalized

Fraser Valley prisoner hospitalized after assault

Jun 24, 2025 | 10:18 AM

ABBOTSFORD — Correctional Service Canada says a Fraser Valley inmate at a medium-security prison was hospitalized this past week after being assaulted.

According to a statement from federal correctional staff, an inmate at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford was the victim of an unspecified assault on Friday, June 20.

Matsqui Institution is located at 33344 King Road in Abbotsford, along with Pacific Institution and Fraser Valley Institution.

CSC says the injured inmate was evaluated by staff members and transported to an outside hospital to receive treatment.

CSC says Abbotsford Police Department and the institution are presently investigating the incident.

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The assailants have been identified and the appropriate actions have been taken, but federal correctional staff have not released what that punishment entails.

According to CSC’s website, Matsqui Institution was originally opened in 1966 as a drug dependency treatment facility for male federal inmates. In 1981, Matsqui Institution was designated as a medium security site and since then, has served as the most secure medium-security institution in the region. Its rated capacity is 446 inmates and its facility features direct observation cell ranges.

CSC says no staff members or other inmates were injured during this incident.

To improve best practices aimed at preventing this type of incident, the Correctional Service of Canada claims it will review the circumstances of the incident and take the appropriate measures.