List of provincial correctional facilities in Ontario explained

This is a listing of past and present correctional facilities run by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada. Provincial correctional facilities for adults are operated by the province's Ministry of the Solicitor General. Youth facilities have at various times been under the same jurisdiction, but currently fall under the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.

Types of facilities

Adult correctional facilities in Ontario are divided into four categories: correctional centres, jails, detention centres, and treatment centres. Some facilities are more than one type. Correctional centres house sentenced offenders who are serving a period of incarceration of up to two years, less a day. Provincial jails (historically spelled gaols) and detention centres house persons awaiting trial, offenders serving short sentences, or offenders awaiting transfer to other facilities. Jails are smaller and older facilities originally established by local governments while detention centres are larger, regional facilities. Treatment centres are specialized facilities treating offenders for sexual misconduct, substance abuse, anger management, and other issues.[1]

Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who were between 12 and 17 years of age at the time of offence. Youths are held in secure custody facilities if they are sentenced to secure custody after being found guilty of a crime or if a youth is ordered to be held in custody before or during a trial.[2], the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services directly operates six secure custody facilities.

Operational correctional facilities

Adult

NameLocationOpened
Algoma Treatment and Remand CentreSault Ste. Marie1990
Brockville JailBrockville1842
Central East Correctional CentreLindsay2002
Central North Correctional CentrePenetanguishene2001
Elgin-Middlesex Detention CentreLondon1977
Fort Frances JailFort Frances1908[3]
Hamilton-Wentworth Detention CentreHamilton1978
Kenora JailKenora1929
Maplehurst Correctional ComplexMilton1975
Monteith Correctional ComplexIroquois Falls1938
Niagara Detention CentreThorold1973
North Bay JailNorth Bay1930
Ontario Correctional InstituteBrampton1973
Ottawa-Carleton Detention CentreOttawa1972
Quinte Detention CentreGreater Napanee1971
[4] Brockville2003
Sarnia JailSarnia1961
South West Detention CentreMaidstone2013
Stratford JailStratford1901
Sudbury JailSudbury1928
Thunder Bay Correctional CentreThunder Bay1965
Thunder Bay JailThunder Bay1928
Toronto East Detention CentreToronto1977
Toronto2014
Vanier Centre for WomenMilton2003
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health CarePenetanguishene1904

Youth

NameLocationOpened
Cecil Facer Youth CentreSudbury1971[5]
Donald Doucet Youth CentreSault Ste. Marie2008[6]
Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth CentreFort Frances2009[7]
Justice Ronald Lester Youth CentreThunder Bay2009[8]
Roy McMurtry Youth CentreBrampton2009[9]
Syl Apps Youth CentreOakville1973
William E. Hay Youth CentreOttawa
Sprucedale Youth CentreSimcoe1966

Past jails and correctional facilities

FacilityOpenedClosed
Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women18721969
Barrie Jail18422001
Belleville Jail18381971
Bluewater Youth Centre1985[10] 2002[11] [12]
Brookside Youth Centre19482021
Bracebridge Jail18821946
Brampton Adult Training Centre19471979
Brampton Jail18671977
Brantford Jail18522017
Burtch Correctional Centre[13] 19492003
Burwash Industrial Farm19141974
Carleton County Jail (see Nicholas Street Gaol)
Cayuga Jail18511973
Chatham Jail18502014
Cobourg Jail18341998
Concord Industrial Farm for Women (see Toronto Municipal Farm for Women (Concord))
Cornwall Jail18332002
Durham Camp (see Millbrook Correctional Centre)
Goderich Jail (see Huron County Gaol)
Grandview Training School for Girls19331976
Guelph Correctional Centre19102003
Guelph Jail18401980
Haileybury Jail19351998
Halton County Jail18631978
Hamilton Jail18321978
Home District Jail (Toronto)18381887
Huron County Gaol18421972
Invictus Youth Centre
King Street Gaol17981827(?)
King Street Gaol1824
Kingston Jail18352014
Kitchener Jail18531978
L'Orignal Jail18251998
Lindsay Jail18632003
Millbrook Correctional Centre19572003
Milton Jail18781978
Mimico Correctional Centre18872011
Napanee Jail18651971
Niagara Falls Gaol
Nicholas Street Gaol18621972
Norfolk County Gaol18481978
Ontario County Jail (Whitby)[14] 18531960
Ontario Reformatory—Brampton (see Brampton Adult Training Centre)
Ontario Reformatory—Guelph (see Guelph Correctional Centre)
Ontario Reformatory—Millbrook (see Millbrook Correctional Centre)
Ontario Reformatory—Mimico (see Mimico Correctional Centre)
Orangeville Jail
Ottawa Jail18621972
Owen Sound Jail18542011
Parry Sound Jail18782001
Peel County Jail (see Brampton Jail)
Pembroke Jail18672004
Peterborough Jail18422001
Picton Jail18341971
Port Dalhousie Jail1845
Project Turnaround (operated by Encourage Youth Corporation)19972004
Renfrew County Gaol18662004
Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre (Burritts Rapids)19472004
Sault Ste. Marie District Jail19282003
St. Catharines Jail18681973
Simcoe Jail18671978
Toronto Central Prison18731915
Toronto (Don) Jail18642014
Toronto Municipal Farm for Women (Concord)19121939
Toronto West Detention Centre19782014
Toronto Youth Assessment Centre (see also Mimico Correctional Centre Chronology)
Trafalgar Jail
Victoria Industrial School for Boys (see also Mimico Correctional Centre Chronology)
Walkerton Jail18662011
Waterloo Detention Centre19782001
Wellington Detention Centre19802001
Whitby Jail[15] 19582003
Windsor Jail2014
Woodstock Jail18531977

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Facilities - locations and visiting hours . Ministry of the Solicitor General . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 23, 2020.
  2. Web site: Looking for a job or to volunteer in youth justice? . Ministry of Children and Youth Services . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 30, 2020 . Youth Justice Services operates six Youth Centres across Ontario. They provide rehabilitative programming and reintegration services within a secure environment to young persons in conflict with the law. These secure custody/detention facilities accommodate young people who are ages 12 to 17 (at the time of the offence) and who are being detained or serving sentences..
  3. Web site: Interim Report of the Independent Reviewer of the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services' Compliance with the 2013 Jahn Settlement Agreement and the Terms of the Consent Order of January 16, 2018 Issued by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario . Ontario Human Rights Commission.
  4. Web site: St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre - The Globe and Mail.
  5. Cooke, Diana . Finlay, Judy . 2007 . Review: Open Detention and Open Custody in Ontario . Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy . March 25, 2020. Interestingly, three of Ontario's current secure custody youth centres began as industrial or training schools: Brookside Youth Centre (1946) Sprucedale Youth Centre (1966), and Cecil Facer Youth Centre (1971)..
  6. Web site: Donald Doucet Youth Centre, Sault Ste. Marie . Ontario Ministry of Child and Youth Services . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 23, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100729170111/http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/youthandthelaw/sault.aspx . July 29, 2010.
  7. Web site: Dedicated Aboriginal Youth Custody Facility Opens . Ontario Newsroom . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 23, 2020 . en . March 23, 2009.
  8. Web site: Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre, Thunder Bay . Ontario Ministry of Child and Youth Services . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 23, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100717075612/http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/youthandthelaw/thunderbay.aspx . July 17, 2010.
  9. Web site: Roy McMurtry Youth Centre, Brampton . Ontario Ministry of Child and Youth Services . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 23, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801060133/http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/youthandthelaw/brampton.aspx . August 1, 2010.
  10. Web site: Ontario's Youth Justice System . Ontario Newsroom . Queen's Printer for Ontario . March 25, 2020 . en . March 5, 2012.
  11. News: Goderich youth jail to close, 198 jobs lost . March 25, 2020 . Waterloo Region Record . March 9, 2012 . en-CA.
  12. News: Caudle . Daniel . Fate of former Bluewater Youth Centre to be decided . March 25, 2020 . Goderich Signal-Star . January 10, 2020.
  13. Web site: No surprises found at Burtch Brantford Expositor . www.brantfordexpositor.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813191232/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2008/06/27/no-surprises-found-at-burtch . 2016-08-13.
  14. http://images.ourontario.ca/whitby/74287/data?n=5 Demolition of Ontario County Jail, 1960, Thomas Bouckley, Whitby Archives, 07-002-005.
  15. http://images.ourontario.ca/whitby/74299/data?n=4 Whitby Jail, 1958, unknown photographer, Whitby Archives, 07-002-013.

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