Nova Institution for Women (French: Établissement Nova pour femmes[1]) is a Canadian federal prison for women in Truro, Nova Scotia. The facility, which handles different levels of offenders, can accommodate up to 70 inmates. Nova Institution opened in 1995.[2][3] The maximum security unit opened in 2002 or 2003.[4]
"Women smash prison furniture". The Record. Kitchener, Ontario. September 6, 1996. p. A.3. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2011. Four prisoners at a new federal women's penitentiary in Truro, NS, went on a furniture-smashing ... a member of the prison's citizens' advisory committee. ...