Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services

• Department of Correctional Services

The Department of Correctional Services was established on July 1, 1968, replacing the Department of Reform Institutions.

In addition to the Office of the Minister and Office of the Deputy Minister, the Department consisted of three primary divisions. These were the Institutions Division, which had responsibility over both male and female adult institutions, jails, training schools, and the Inspections Branch; the Professional Services Division, with responsibility over education and training, after-care services, chaplaincy services, food services, medical services, and research services; and the Administrative and Financial Services Division, which was responsible for accounting, payroll, purchasing, systems and procedures, and construction and maintenance.

The Department was responsible for a number of institutions. These included: (1) Reformatories in Geulph, Mimico, and Millbrook; (2) Industrial Farms in Burtch, Burwash, Merrickville, Monteith, and Thunder Bay; (3) Training Centres in Brampton, Burtch, Merrickville, Monteith, and Thunder Bay; (4) Training Schools in Bowmanville (Pine Ridge School), Cobourg (Brookside School), Galt (Grand View School), Guelph (Hillcrest School), Hagersville (Sprucedale School and White Oaks Village), Lindsay (Kawartha Lakes School), Port Bolster (Trelawney House), and Simcoe (Glendale School); and (5) Private Training Schools in Alfred (St. Joseph's School), Toronto (St. Euphrasia's School), and Uxbridge (St. John's School). The Department had jurisdiction over the various county, district and city jails of Ontario as well.

With the April 1972 reorganization of the Ontario government, the Department of Correctional Services was renamed the Ministry of Correctional Services.

The Department of Correctional Services was responsible for supervising the detention and release of inmates, parolees and probationers and for providing training and treatment services to these individuals. The principal functions of the Ministry were to provide for the secure custody of persons awaiting trial or convicted of an offence; to establish, maintain and operate correctional facilities, including reformatories, jails, training centres, and treatment centres; to provide programs and facilities designed to assist in the rehabilitation of inmates; to establish and operate a system of parole and provide probation services; and to provide programs for the prevention of crime.

Department of Correctional Services Act, Statutes of Ontario 1968, Chap. 27

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Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1968-1972

Archivist(s):
Robert Anger