This is a listing of past and present

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run by the provincial government in

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. Provincial correctional facilities for adults are operated by the province's

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. Youth facilities have at various times been under the same jurisdiction, but currently fall under the

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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. Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who were between 12 to 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. , the

directly operates six secure custody facilities.

Operational correctional facilities

Adult

Youth

Past jails and correctional facilities

Notes

References

Correctional Services - Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General

Ontario Archives
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Correctional facilities A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...