Reformatories in Ontario, Canada
Until 1972, the term reformatory referred to an Ontario provincial prison for either juveniles (16 and 17 years of age) or adults (18 years of age or older). Very often, one reformatory facility would house both. Offenders under the age of 16 were held in Training Schools. After 1972, when Ontario's Department of Correctional Services (having been renamed in 1968 from the Department of Reform Institutions) became the Ministry of Correctional Services, these facilities were officially redesignated as correctional centres.
Examples:
- Ontario Reformatory-Guelph became Guelph Correctional Centre
- Ontario Reformatory-Mimico became Mimico Correctional Centre
- Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women was, for a time, renamed The Mercer Complex
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