Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre

Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre
Location Burritts Rapids, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 44°58′25″N 75°49′23″W / 44.97361°N 75.82306°W / 44.97361; -75.82306Coordinates: 44°58′25″N 75°49′23″W / 44.97361°N 75.82306°W / 44.97361; -75.82306
Status Closed
Security class Minimum
Opened 1947
Closed January, 2004
Managed by Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Rideau Correctional Centre was opened in 1947 as a minimum-security facility, with an integrated farm where inmates could learn skills to be plied upon their release.[1] It was decommissioned in 2004,[2] and subsequently demolished in 2013.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Province to close jail, throw away key". Canadian Broadcasting Corp. cbc.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Modernizing the System: Decommissioning Older Facilities". Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rideau Correctional Demolition". Taplen Construction. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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