The oldest document dates back to 1838, when the province's prison was just east of the Supreme Court on Duckworth Street in St. John's. HMP was constructed in 1859.

A maximum security prison in Renous, N.B. has opened a tattoo parlour in an effort to stop the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C behind bars. FROM MARCH 29, 2004: Tattoo parlours to open in Canadian ...

A tattoo artist works on a client in in Kenai, Alaska in a March 14, 2105 file photo. Setting up tattoo parlours and needle exchange programs in federal prisons would help reduce hepatitis C rates ...

Tattoo parlours at six federal prisons across Canada have been sitting idle since the one-year pilot project ended Sept. 30.