Lockdown in place at Agassiz prison

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Visits have been rescinded until the search is completed. Normal operations will resume as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.

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Mountain Institution in Agassiz has experienced a few notable incidents this year.

Just last month, CSC said a lockdown and exceptional search that began on June 26 resulted in several contraband items being confiscated at the facility, including homemade weapons, two cell phones and cannabis concentrate.

Earlier in June, CSC said a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Mountain Institution on Friday, June 12. The contraband and unauthorized items consisted of a cell phone, one USB charger, tobacco, shatter (a highly potent marijuana derivative), and methamphetamine. CSC estimated the total estimated institutional value of these seizures at $273,000.

In March 2026, CSC said Mountain staff intercepted a package containing the contraband and unauthorized items included cellphones, charging cables, accessories and shatter, a cannabis concentrate. It valued the seizure at $308,440 and credited the vigilance of staff members for their role in the seizure.