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The Mimico Correctional Centre was 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 was located at 130 Horner Avenue in the district of Etobicoke which is now a part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The facility was closed in 2011 and demolished to make room for the new Toronto South Detention Centre which opened in 2014. 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 prior to being demolished to make way for the new detention centre == History == ;1887 The Mimico Correctional Centre began its history as the Victoria Industrial School for Boys, which opened on May 16 in the town of Mimico, Ontario (just west of Toronto). Headed by Superintendent W.J. Hendrie. The school (essentially a juvenile reformatory) emphasized child rescue, reform through character development, moral and academic education, and vocational training. The opening ceremonies were officiated by Lord Lansdowne, the Governor General of Canada. The first boy was registered at the school on June 14. At its peak, the school consisted of the following:
The school received 'students', aged from under 10 through 14 years, through the Toronto School Board Truancy Department. Funding was provided by the province, municipality, and parental-fees (contributed "in proportion to their means"). The daily routine at the school consisted of 4.5 hours of work and 3.5 hours of school/drill. The typical daily routine was as follows:
The school was based on 'the family plan' where boys lived in 'cottages' with a matron, who acted as mother, and a guard, who acted as father. The guards were actually skilled tradesmen who also supervised the boys at work. Some of the trades taught to the boys included carpentry, tailoring, printing, mechanics, and husbandry. The boys also performed work in the kitchen, laundry, and assisted the matrons with the housekeeping. The following is an excerpt from Superintendent Hendrie's first annual report:
;1913 The Ontario Government found clay and shale deposits on land it owned in Mimico providing a natural source of building materials for the Government's own needs, it was quickly exploited, and the Toronto Brick and Tile Company was built. This brickyard was a satellite camp run by the Toronto Central Prison (built in 1874), an adult-male institution located at King Street and Strachan Avenue in Parkdale, a section of Toronto. The plant could produce over two million bricks a year for government use. ;1915 The Toronto Central Prison closed and the newly built Ontario Reformatory-Guelph - known today as the Guelph Correctional Centre - assumed responsibility for the brickyard. ;1927 The Victoria Industrial School became known as the Mimico Reform School. ;1928 The site of the Toronto Central Prison brickyard became a reformatory. ;1935 The Mimico Reform School was closed. Following the closing of Penetang (another reform school), the school had become a dumping ground for more "hardened boys", and with the increase in population, the rehabilitative success decreased sharply. In December 1934, the Ontario public secretary ordered it closed amid sensational public accusations that the school was a "barbarous and antiquated" institution. Remaining students were transferred to the Bowmanville Training School. The Reform School and adjacent property were merged with the Mimico out-camp for the Ontario Reformatory-Guelph. The Toronto Brick & Tile Company became known as the Ontario Brick & Tile Company and redesignated as the Ontario Reformatory-Mimico. ;1936 The Ontario Reformatory-Mimico became autonomous from the Guelph reformatory. ;World War II The site was used as a POW camp (known as Camp 22) for German prisoners, many of whom were Merchant-marines and U-boat crewmen. Mimico was just one of many such camps spread across Ontario and Canada. The prisoners at Mimico were housed in huts and fed in the main dormitory building. ;1946 The Province of Ontario formed the Department of Reform Institutions overseeing about 10 institutions. ;1951 The Alex G. Brown Memorial Clinic opened on site in the old 'Beverly Jones Cottage' (left over from the Victoria Industrial School). The clinic provided treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. Ontario Reformatory-Mimico occupied . On the property were 51 dairy cows, 362 pigs and poultry. ;1952 Buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4 were built (construction began 1948). The buildings were connected with canopied walkways that extended south to the dining-hall/old administration building. Steam-pipes ran under the walkways from the boiler-house to heat the four new buildings and as a result, the walkways were almost always clear of ice and snow in the winter. Building 2, as an annex of the Alex G. Brown Clinic, was used to house ''sexual deviates'', screened at the Ontario Reformatory-Millbrook. ;1961 New boiler-house built (now used by maintenance as workshops). ;1962 New administration building added. ;1967 was sold to the Borough of Etobicoke and rezoned for industrial use. ;1968 (January) The Department of Reform Institutions became known as the Department of Correctional Services and the provincial government took over control of the more than 50 county and district jails. The treatment of sex offenders was moved from the Alex G. Brown Clinic to the Ontario Hospital. Industry at Mimico showed an annual output of 275,000 bricks; 12 tons of tile; 4829 slippers; 700 boot/shoe repairs; 662 picnic tables; 449 rolls of snow fence; as well as a number of fireplace grills and flag-poles. The inmate capacity was 350 in the reformatory, 108 in the Alex G. Brown Clinic and 30 at Camp Hillsdale (a minimum-security forestry camp). ;1969 Ontario Brick and Tile Company was closed following pressure from outside labour unions that argued that the plant was taking jobs from their members. 1972 Department of Correctional Services became known as the Ministry of Correctional Services. For the first time, females were allowed to work as Correctional Officers; They had previously been known as Matrons and restricted to working with female inmates or juvenile offenders. Ontario Reformatory-Mimico became the Mimico Correctional Centre. 1973 The Alex G. Brown Clinic was moved to the (Ontario Correctional Institute ). The part of the property that was formally the Victoria Industrial School for Boys was sold to the Borough of Etobicoke (currently the site of former Toronto Police 21 Division and Ourland Park). 1975 Mimico Correctional Centre was 'closed' with plans to move all staff and inmates to the Maplehurst Correctional Centre. The institution was cleared of inmates and only a handful of staff remained when it was decided that Mimico should be 're-opened'. The following is an excerpt from an article in the Correctional Update, an internal periodical. The article, written in February 1975, reported on the impending closure of Mimico:
The dining hall (formerly the main dormitory building prior to 1948) behind the administration building was torn down and replaced with a dining hall in the basement of Building 2. 1976 Buildings 5 and 6 were built but remained closed. 1981 Buildings 5 and 6 were opened and used to house Intermittent Temporary Absence (day-pass) and intermittent (sentence served on weekends) inmates. 1982 Mimico Correctional Centre was reclassified from minimum-security to medium-security and the perimeter fencing increased from ten feet to twenty-one feet. 1986 Payphones were installed in the inmate dormitories, allowing inmates to place collect-calls. 1988 Building 2 was converted to a 136-bed, medium-security remand unit. 1989 Segregation cells (4) in the basement of Building 1 were closed and replaced with a ten-cell unit at the rear of the building. 1991 The inmate dining hall and kitchen in the basement of Building 2 were closed and replaced with the newly completed 320-seat dining hall. I.T.A. program was moved completely out of the institution to ''Community Resource Centres'' (Halfway-houses). 1993 Ministry of Correctional Services became the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services. Five new cells were opened in the basement of Building 1 in place of the Immigration Dorm (formerly used as a medical isolation dorm when AIDS began to show up in the inmate population). 1994 Mimico Detention Centre was opened for maximum-security remand inmates and Building 2 was closed for renovations. Mimico Correctional Centre became the Mimico Correctional Complex. 1996 The I.T.A. program was moved back into Mimico after the Ministry closed all C.R.C.'s. (February) Correctional Officers and support staff went on strike for 5 weeks in a bid to improve job security and increase wages that had not kept pace with inflation in over 12 years. 1997 Renovations and staff training began for the conversion of the detention centre (Buildings 2 and 7) into the Toronto Youth Assessment Centre (TYAC). 1998 (January) The Toronto Youth Assessment Centre opened as a separate institution. Mimico Correctional Complex was once again the Mimico Correctional Centre. 1999 (June) The Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services was divided again into two separate ministries; The Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ministry of Correctional Services. 2002 The Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ministry of Correctional Services merged again to become the Ministry of Public Safety and Security. 2003 (January) All but a few regular inmates were transferred out to other correctional centres and Mimico became an Intermittent Inmate facility. Intermittent inmates serve their sentences in instalments, typically on weekends and remain at large in the community the remainder of the time. Initially, the facility was to become a branch of the Toronto Jail and renamed the Toronto Jail Intermittent Facility, but the staff at Mimico rallied successfully to maintain autonomy. (November) The Ministry of Public Safety and Security was renamed to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. 2004 The Toronto Youth Assessment Centre was shut down amidst controversy surrounding the conditions of the facility. The (Ontario Government ) issued this press release:
2008 On May 9, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services announces plans to build a new, larger correctional centre on the site of the Mimico Correctional Centre which will replace Mimico, the Toronto Jail, and the Toronto West Detention Centre.〔http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/corr_serv/ProposedTorontoSouthDetentionCentre/Toronto_South_DC_main.html〕 2011 Mimico Correctional Centre closed on December 5, 2011.〔 Phase 1 of the new facility, the 320 bed Toronto Intermittent Centre is completed and beings accepting prisoners on December 9, 2011.〔 2012 Mimico Correctional Centre demolished to make room for Phase 2 of the Toronto South Detention Centre which is completed in November.〔 2014 Toronto South Detention Centre (Phase 2) officially opens on January 29, 2014.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mimico Correctional Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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