What a prison in the Canadian Arctic looks like, complete with a steam room and fumigation area

The North Slave Correctional Centre in Yellowknife, Canada, houses just 150 inmates and is designed for criminals from the Canadian Arctic. Inmates are provided with comfortable conditions, all the amenities and facilities they need to spend time—and stay in shape.





For Inuit, there's a steam room (for cleansing rituals) and a special area for smoking. Patrick Kane was imprisoned and took a series of interesting photographs, which were later published in Vice Canada.



Graffiti in the visiting room.

An empty cell. When a prisoner arrives, they are given a mattress, pillow, and blanket.



Graffiti on the cell wall.



Eskimo steam room.



Traditional healer Arvin Landry with a smudging bowl.



Sports ground.



Obstacle course diagram.



A prisoner looks at graffiti he painted in 2012.



A room where healing sessions and Inuit ceremonies and rituals take place.



Hallway.



Grocery store – best seller is popcorn.



There are VHS tapes in the cabinets.



This is what the prisoners watch.



A prisoner from Nunavut.



Traditional foods like reindeer, Arctic char, seal meat, and whale blubber are given to prisoners every few days.



The display explains the dangers of homemade tattoos.



A drawing by one of the prisoners.



A prisoner looks out the window.



Beaded roses. Prisoners draw and weave from beads, then send their crafts to their families and friends.