Ontario. Custody Review Board

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Custody Review Board

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Custody Review Board

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1986-

      History

      The Custody Review Board was established in 1986, and replaced the former Training Schools Advisory Board.

      The Board is administered jointly by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services (currently the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services).

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Custody Review Board is an appeal board for young persons in a custodial facility in the Province of Ontario. Issues that can be brought to the board include: a request for temporary release that has been refused; a placement from an open (unlocked) custody facility to a secure (locked) custody facility; and placement in a maximum security rather than a medium security program. The Board reviews the decisions of Provincial Directors, and may hold hearings. The powers of the Board are limited to making a recommendation to a Provincial Director, who makes the final decision.

      Address

      Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act, Statutes of Ontario 1984, Chap. 66, Sections 50-51.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Training Schools Advisory Board (1931-1986)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA442

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Training Schools Advisory Board is the predecessor of Ontario. Custody Review Board

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      BA443

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Index to Services of the Ontario Government, Spring 1986.

          Website of the Ministry of Community and Social Services.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk; Robert Anger