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This is a listing of past and present correctional facilities run by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada. Provincial jails (historically spelled gaols) and detention centres primarily house offenders awaiting trial. Correctional centres house convicted inmates serving sentences of up to two years, less a day. Offenders sentenced to two years or more are moved out of the provincial system to serve their time in federal correctional facilities run by Correctional Services Canada. Complexes are institutions that have both detention and correctional facilities.
Provincial adult (offenders 18 years of age or older) facilities are under the jurisdiction of the province's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Youth facilities have at various times been under the same jurisdiction, but currently fall under the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.
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The Toronto Jail (more commonly known by the nickname The Don, or in the media as the The Don Jail for clarity) is a provincial jail for remanded offenders in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Riverdale neighbourhood on Gerrard Street East near its intersection with Broadview Avenue. It gets its nickname for the nearby Don River. One reason for the popular use of the "Don" nickname is that this jail was the third or fourth to be known as the Toronto Jail. The Toronto Central Prison was also colloquially known as the Toronto Jail, as were the King Street Gaols. Ironically, The Don is the only jail to have been officially designated the Toronto Jail, yet has rarely been referred to as such outside official circles.
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The Toronto Central Prison, also known as the Central Prison, Central Prison for Men, and more colloquially as The Toronto Jail (the third of four Toronto area jails to be given that nickname), was a 336-bed facility located near the intersection of King Street and Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1873, when the area was still well away from any residential development. The prison was intended as an industrial facility and began with the manufacturing of railway cars for the Canada Car Company. Hard work and discipline were considered the best forms of rehabilitation and active industry would raise money for the prison.
The prison should have flourished as an example of modern penal facility of its time, but by the 1880s it had a well-deserved reputation for brutality. Its first warden was an alcoholic ex-military officer and chief of the Toronto police, and during his tenure would be accused of ordering extreme beatings, denying medical treatment, and supporting clandestine, nighttime burials. Wardens that followed tried to adopt a less disciplinarian approach but the guards continued to brutalize the inmates.The Archaeological Master Plan of the Central Waterfront, City of Toronto, Page 30 In 1911, Dr. J.T. Gilmour, one of the more reformist wardens, made news in the United States with his new outdoor work program, specifically one that allowed inmates to work without armed guards.2 April 1911, New York Times - "No Locks on this Prison" Unfortunately, Dr. Gilmour's reforms were not enough to overcome the prison's reputation; In 1915 the prison was abandoned as changing attitudes toward crime and punishment led to a revamping of the province’s correctional system, and replaced by the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph. For the next five years, the facility was used as an army base and a processing centre for new immigrants.
In 1920, the main prison building was demolished and much of the land sold for use by the railroads. Remaining buildings ended up being used by Hobb's, Dr. Ballard's, and finally by the neighbouring John Inglis and Company Limited until 1981.
All that remains today is the Central Prison's Roman Catholic chapel (added to the main building in 1877) and the Paint ShopCity of Toronto: King Liberty Village which became part of the city’s inventory of heritage properties in 1985. The Chapel is located at and the paint shop at . During its operation the prison also had an out-camp with a shale and clay quarry on property in Mimico. That property and its buildings became part of what is now known as the Mimico Correctional Centre when the prison closed.
<gallery> Image:TorontoCentralPrisonChapelEast.jpg|Remains of the Toronto Central Prison Chapel - East view Image:TorontoCentralPrisonChapelWest1.jpg|Remains of the Toronto Central Prison Chapel - West view Image:TorontoCentralPrisonChapelWest2.jpg|Remains of the Toronto Central Prison Chapel - West view 2 Image:TorontoCentralPrisonChapelWest3.jpg|Current road intersection for the Toronto Central Prison Chapel </gallery>
:There are other uses for the term Riverdale.
Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south. The neighbourhood features three large recreational parks; Riverdale Park, adjacent to the Don River, Withrow Park, in the north east of Riverdale, and Jimmie Simpson Park, in the southeast. Known by many Torontonians as a thriving residential neighbourhood, from the strong arts community that caters to independent galleries on Queen St, to the large corporate film studios along the waterfront, there remains a strong working class element. Riverdale was formerly a town before it was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1884. Its tree-lined side-streets are complemented by the various styles of Victorian and Edwardian residential architecture, primarily built between the 1880s and the Great Depression. The neighbourhood has seen the rise and fall of prosperity over the past century. The grand homes built on some streets are a testimony to prosperous times. Despite this rich housing stock, the area was considered to be down-and-out in the 1970s. These days though, it's rife with yuppies, young and old.
Riverdale Collegiate Institute is the neighbourhood's local high-school.
The popular teen drama shows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, and Degrassi: The Next Generation are named after the Riverdale street of the same name (although the only school on De Grassi Street is Eastdale Collegiate Institute at Gerrard Street East).
Riverdale is also home to Bridgepoint Health (formerly Riverdale Hospital), and the Don Jail, both at the corner of Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street East.
The Riverdale Zoo was Toronto's zoological park before the opening of the Toronto Zoo in the early 1970s. Now called Riverdale Farm, it continues as an educational farm for school children and the general public. Oddly, Riverdale Farm is not actually in the Riverdale neighbourhood, but is located west of the Don River in Cabbagetown. The two neighbourhoods are closely linked even though they are separated by the Don River.
The Mimico Correctional Centre is a provincial medium-security correctional facility for adult male inmates serving a sentence of 2-years-less-a-day or less in Ontario, Canada. Its history can be traced back to 1887. The Mimico Correctional Centre is one of several facilities operated by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Ontario) and is located at 130 Horner Avenue in the district of Etobicoke which is now a part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <gallery> Image:Mimico - NW perimeter looking SE.jpg|NW perimeter looking SE Image:Mimico - SW perimeter looking NE.jpg|SW perimeter looking NE Image:Industrial Buildings as seen from South Perimeter.jpg|Industrial Buildings as seen from South Perimeter </gallery>
The Central North Correctional Centre is a maximum security prison located in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada. From 2001 to 2006, it was the only privately run correctional facility in Canada.
The Barrie Jail, sometimes referred to as the Barrie Bucket, located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, was a maximum-security facility housing offenders awaiting, trial, sentencing or transfer to federal and provincial correctional facilities, opened in 1841 and closed in 2001.Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services - Decommissioning Older Facilities It was replaced by the Central North Correctional Centre in the nearby town of Penetanguishene.
The jail was designed by Toronto architect Thomas Young who subscribed to the contemporary theory that a polygonal structure would make the occupants feel less confined.Tourism Barrie Walking Tour Brochure Page 12 Construction of a Barrie gaol (or jail) began in 1840. It is built from limestone from the quarry at Longford on the east side of Lake Couchiching.
Until 1968, all jails in Ontario were administered locally through municipal bodies under the guidance of the Ontario provincial government. The Province of Ontario would take over operations in 1968. Since then, jails have been administered within the Department of Correctional Services (1968-1972), the Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993), and the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (1993- 1999) and the Ministry of Correctional Services (1999-).
No prisoners were ever hanged at this location but several did die during incarceration and are believed to be buried in the inner courtyard.
The last inmate to reside at the Barrie gaol was transferred to the Penetanguishene 'superjail' on December 7, 2001. It remains vacant to this day. Located at 87 Mulcaster Street in downtown Barrie.
The jail served as the primary filming location for the movie Dark Reprieve (2008).The Barrie Examiner article
According to a 2004 Bruce Bell History Project plaque mounted on the east wing of the King Edward Hotel on King Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: <blockquote> In 1798 the Town of York (now Toronto) erected its first jail and hanging yard on this site. Also known as 'the old log gaol', it was still standing when York opened a newer jail in 1827 (demolished 1960) on the NE corner of King and Toronto Streets. The first person to be executed here was John Sullivan on October 11, 1798, convicted of stealing a forged note worth about one dollar. </blockquote>
Burwash was the name of a village in Ontario, Canada, located approximately south of Sudbury. The village was built to house the staff working at the Burwash Industrial Farm (also referred to as the Burwash Correctional Centre), a provincial facility that housed anywhere from 180 to 820 inmates during its history. The prison opened in 1914 and closed in 1975, and the land was transferred to the Department of National Defence in the mid 1980s.<ref name="Heritage"></ref>
Prior to the construction of Highway 69, Burwash was an isolated location, accessible only from a nearby station on the Canadian Northern Railway (today's Canadian National Railway). At its peak, the correctional facility owned and leased an additional of land.<ref name="Heritage" /> A village was required for the guards and support staff that worked at the prison farm. The village, built by inmate labour, housed anywhere up to about 1000 residents. It boasted a public school, a church, a post office, a barber shop, a tailor shop and a shoe repair shop. There was also a grocery store that sold bread, meat and vegetables produced by the inmates. Milk was also delivered to the door by horse and wagon.
An Ontario Heritage Trust plaque was unveiled at the site 2006-08-06.<ref name="Heritage" />
The second King Street Gaol was built in 1827 to replace the first King Street Gaol in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At that time the city, then known as York, needed a larger, better constructed jail to replace the original which was little more that a plain wooden building with a stockade.
A new two-storey brick building was built farther west on King Street with a wooden stockade enclosing its gallows.
After the jail closed, the building was used as an insane asylum. It was eventually demolished in 1957.
The Brampton Adult Training Centre was a minimum security correctional facility in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1947, it was originally known as the Ontario Reformatory - Brampton and was managed by the Ontario Department of Reform Institutions, from 1947 to 1968; the Ontario Department of Correctional Services, from 1968 to 1972; and with the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services, from 1972 until its closure in 1979. The facility accepted inmates between the ages of 16 and 24 who were deemed likely to benefit from vocational and educational programs, instead of the usual work programs offered at other facilities.Archives of Ontario, Administrative records of the Brampton Adult Training Centre
The Bracebridge Jail, historically also referred to as the Bracebridge Gaol, located in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, was a maximum-security facility housing offenders awaiting trial, sentencing, transfer to federal and provincial correctional facilities, immigration hearings or deportation, and less frequently, those serving short sentences (under 90 days). The jail opened in 1882 and closed in 1946. The jail was operated by the local municipality under the Office of the Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities (1882-1934), and the Reformatories and Prisons Branch of the Department of the Provincial Secretary (1934-1946), precursors to the modern Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.Archives Ontario, Administrative records of the Bracebridge Jail
The Belleville Jail, historically also referred to as the Belleville Gaol, located in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, was a maximum-security facility housing offenders awaiting trial, sentencing, transfer to federal and provincial correctional facilities, immigration hearings or deportation, and less frequently, those serving short sentences (under 90 days). The jail opened in 1838 and closed in 1971Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services - Decommissioning Older Facilities, being replaced by the Quinte Detention Centre in the town of Napanee.Archives Ontario
The Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women was the first women's (16 years of age or older) prison in Canada. At various times, the facility was also known as the Mercer Complex, Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Females, and Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females.<ref name="ao.minisisinc.com">Ontario Archives</ref> Located on King Street West in Toronto, Ontario, it opened in 1872 with the idealistic promise of a "homelike" atmosphere for its inmates. One of the major tenets of the reformatory was to instill feminine Victorian virtues such as obedience and servility. Work, such as cooking, baking, and cleaning were also a major part of prison life. According to one superintendent of the reformatory, "of all wretched women the idle are the most wretched. We try to impress upon them the importance of labour, and we look upon this as one of the great means of their reformation."McCord Museum The Mercer Reformatory for Women
By 1965 three institutions made up what was then referred to as the Mercer Complex: the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women in Toronto, the Ontario Women's Guidance Centre, and the Ontario Women's Treatment Centre, both in Brampton at what would become the Vanier Centre for Women in 1970. The Treatment Centre, originally part of the reformatory in Toronto, was set up in 1955 for the treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction and psychiatric disorders. It was relocated to Brampton in 1963 and named the Ontario Women's Treatment Centre, also to become part of the Vanier Centre for Women. The Ontario Women's Guidance Centre opened in 1959 at the same site and concentrated on academic and vocational training.<ref name="ao.minisisinc.com"/>
At times the Mercer Reformatory also housed female offenders under age sixteen in a separate part of the building. These separate areas were distinctly known as the Industrial Refuge for Girls from 1880 to 1905 and the Ontario Training School for Girls from 1952 to 1960.
But despite its promising beginnings, the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women would become the centre of controversy with allegations of torture, beatings, experimental drugs, and medical procedures, all in the name of reform and in 1964, a grand jury was convened to investigate. That same year, on November 5, Toronto Star journalist Lotta Dempsey reported the grand jury's findings of medical care so bad that "we could find no one with anything good to say about it." The jury also found that the rehabilitation process was so nonexistent that "the name of the institution should be changed to jail, since it is in no sense a reform institution." Dungeon-like basement "bucket cells" used for solitary confinement were 1.2 metres by just over 2 metres, with no windows or lights. Although the report of the grand jury was challenged, Dempsey reported that Toronto Star files were "full or stories of escapes from Mercer, harsh treatment of expectant mothers, riots," and more.Velma Demerson, Incorrigible, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press (Nov 30 2004), ISBN-13: 978-0889204447) In 1969, the reformatory was closed and demolished, being officially replaced by the Vanier Centre for Women in Brampton.
Today, the site of the old reformatory is home of the Lamport Stadium and all that remains is the original superintendent's house at the corner of King Street and Fraser Avenue.
The Toronto West Detention Centre, often referred to as simply The West, is a maximum security remand facility located in Rexdale, a community located in the north-west corner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The facility was known as the Metro West Detention Centre until Rexdale became part of the newly amalgamated City of Toronto in 1998.
With a designed capacity for 631 prisoners,Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services - Detention Centres the Toronto West Detention Centre currently houses adult males who have been remanded into custody while awaiting trial or sentencing, are serving short sentences, or are awaiting transfer to federal or provincial correctional facilities.Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services - Facilities Over the years the Toronto West Detention Centre has at times also housed female and juvenile offenders. From October 1997 through January 1999 the facility underwent extensive retrofitting of its security systems using up-to-date technology.Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services - Modernizing the System
In January 2008, staff at the prison staged a walk out in protest of three correctional officers being disciplined for failing to notice actions later seen on security cameras.Etobicoke Guardian, Etobicoke maximum security detention centre in lockdown after staff walk out, January 16 2008
Withrow Park is a park in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Withrow Park. City of Toronto. Retrieved 2007-09-23. Laid out and constructed in the 1910s, at the same time that the surrounding community was built, Withrow Park is among Toronto's large multi-purpose parks. The park is bounded by Carlaw Avenue on the east, Bain Avenue on the south, Logan Avenue on the west and McConnell Avenue on the north.
Withrow Park is named after John Jacob Withrow (1833-1900), a local landowner and builder, who also served as a city alderman and was one of the founders of what would become the Canadian National Exhibition.Gould, Allan. Wise, Leonard. Toronto Street Names. (Firefly Books, 2000). (ISBN 1552093867). p. 229.
The park gained nation-wide notoriety in 2004 when hot dogs laced with carbofuran were left in the park, killing one dog and poisoning 15 others.Who poisoned the dogs of Withrow Park?: Many emotions have been unleashed by the poisoned dogs of Withrow Park. Maclean's. February 16, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-23. While the poisonings were under criminal investigation, the City closed most of Withrow Park by surrounding it with a chain-link fence,Contaminated substances found in Withrow Park. City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Notice. February 20, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-23. causing controversy in the neighbourhood. No charges were ever laid.One Year. The Park Affair. February 6, 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
In February 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team held a practice in Withrow Park, to mark the recent refurbishment of the park's ice rink and related facilities.Wattie, Chris. Leafs take it outside, in Riverdale. National Post. February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
The New Broadview House Hotel is a four story hotel at Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East in Toronto, Ontario.
Built in 1893, the Romanesque style hotel was built for Archibald Dingham and located in the historic neighbourhood of Riverdale.
Since at least 2004, rumours have circulated that the building will be bought and renovated to become a version of the Drake or the Gladstone, boutique hotel/bar/performance art venues on Queen St. W. So far, however, there are no signs of this actually happening.
Still operating as a hotel, the lower floor is the Jilly's strip club.
Nearby are: * Toronto East Chinatown * Broadview subway station * The Danforth - Greektown * New Edwin Hotel on Queen Street East
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Resocialization is a sociological concept dealing with the process of mentally and emotionally "re-training" a person so that he or she can operate in an environment other than that which he or she is accustomed to. Key examples include the process of resocializing new recruits into the military so that they can operate as soldiers (or, in other words, as members of a cohesive unit) and the reverse process, in which those who have become accustomed to such roles return to society after military discharge.
The American Correctional Association (ACA), formerly known as the American Prison Association, is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world. Approximately 80 percent of all state departments of corrections and youth services are active participants. Also included are programs and facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the private sector.