Maplehurst Correctional Complex
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Maplehurst Correctional Complex (also known colloquially as the Milton Hilton) is a correctional facility
located in Milton, Ontario
for males 18 years of age and older. It is a combined maximum security detention centre for remanded
prisoners, and medium/maximum correctional centre for offenders sentenced to less than two years.
Maplehurst Correctional Complex was built in the mid 1970s as a replacement for several older facilities including the Milton Jail, Halton County Jail, and the Mimico Correctional Centre
, although the latter ultimately remained open. It was expanded in the late 1980s and again in the early 21st century.
At the official opening of the $89 million modernization in 2001, the Ontario government described the complex as the first facility in Ontario's correctional system to feature a new design with pods: self-contained, 192-bed units where inmates spend their day - including program areas and an outdoor space for exercise. The complex is the size of 100 football fields and was the first of so-called "super-jails" in Ontario. General Population, Protective Population and Segregation/Hospital units are all housed within the facility. It shares its location with the adjacent Vanier Centre for Women, a 333-bed medium and maximum security facility for remanded and sentenced female offenders.
The prison provides a variety of remedial programs, including life skills, addictions, anger management and Alcoholics Anonymous
.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
located in Milton, Ontario
Milton, Ontario
Milton is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Milton received a tremendous amount of awareness following the release of the results of the 2006 Census, which indicated that Milton is the fastest growing municipality in the Greater Golden...
for males 18 years of age and older. It is a combined maximum security detention centre for remanded
Detention of suspects
The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police-cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a somewhat hollow victory, in that there is no way to...
prisoners, and medium/maximum correctional centre for offenders sentenced to less than two years.
Maplehurst Correctional Complex was built in the mid 1970s as a replacement for several older facilities including the Milton Jail, Halton County Jail, and the Mimico Correctional Centre
Mimico Correctional Centre
The Mimico Correctional Centre is 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...
, although the latter ultimately remained open. It was expanded in the late 1980s and again in the early 21st century.
At the official opening of the $89 million modernization in 2001, the Ontario government described the complex as the first facility in Ontario's correctional system to feature a new design with pods: self-contained, 192-bed units where inmates spend their day - including program areas and an outdoor space for exercise. The complex is the size of 100 football fields and was the first of so-called "super-jails" in Ontario. General Population, Protective Population and Segregation/Hospital units are all housed within the facility. It shares its location with the adjacent Vanier Centre for Women, a 333-bed medium and maximum security facility for remanded and sentenced female offenders.
The prison provides a variety of remedial programs, including life skills, addictions, anger management and Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
.