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Su Hinks sa Jail should be a positive experience The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 1977 B9 Few changes in GO bus schedule The time a person spends awaiting trial or serving a jail sentence should be a positive experience not a period of boredom and depression during which feelings of anger and bitterness are bound to mushroom This Is the philosophy of newly appointed Milton Jail superintendent Derek and those confined within the walls of the local lockup can expect increased program activities and responsibilities as a result Since assuming his administrative position at Milton Jail June Mr has been reviewing the reform programs initiated by his predecessor Carl Mr DeGrandis worked hard to open communication lines between prison staff inmates and the local populace and tried to bring more variation into the humdrum routine of life behind bars when he took over as superintendent of the antiquated Brown St jail last October After talking with Mr and taking a close look at the programs he started Mr has decided to expand on a number of his predecessor s ideas as well as trying to make a few his own materialize One of the first things Mr wants to do is get an art program going at Milton Jail I ve found to be a good outlet for a lot of inmates and have discovered many of them have a great deal of skill when it comes to drawing and painting he said Eventually Id like to arrange art shows so the inmates could compete with prisoners at other jails he added Mr noted that when he was superintendent at Lindsay Jail miles from Peterborough the art guifd often sponsored the shows between the inmates of two or more jails Likewise Mr said if an inmate happens to have a knack for writing he would be happy lo work something out so this talent could bo developed during the individual s stay in jail Mr also hopes to encourage creative reading at the local Jail that is he hopes to supply the inmates with more educational literature rather than westerns and comics If someone has a problem with reading or writing he d be willing to arrange help for them on a onetoone basis as well The inmates recently got a punching bag in the common room which he said is a great outlet for many of their frustrations and Mr is optimistic that space may be made available for other physical ac such as weight lifting and paddle tennis when the remainder of the Brown St courts move out to their new facilities on Steeles Ave later this year Our biggest handicap right now is space Mr said We re trying to carry out the correctional concepts of in a building that s 100 years old This jail and many others like it across the province were built for the sole purpose of locking criminals up he noted No thought was given to reform programs back then He said the Ministry of Correctional Services has been working hard since they took over the county jails In 1968 lo upgrade both the antiquated buildings and their staffs In fact Mr was one of the first in Ontario to complete a correctional officers course at university been laid off from his job as a machinist at Canadian General Electric in Peter borough With a wife and two children to support Ik decided to give our reform institutes a chance and promptly landed a job as a correctional officer at Mi 11 brook Correc Centre DEREK HINKS has been superintendent at Milton Jail since June 6 and describes his job as challenging but difficult We re trying to carry out the correctional concepts of 1977 in a building thats 100 years old he says Thats not easy J RING BELL EVEN JAIL SUPERINTENDENT Derek Hinks must ring a bell and wait for a security officer to turn the key before the heavy iron door leading into Mriton Jails interior swings open All of the old county jails were built for maximum security he explained They didnt change with the times Increase water rates Water rates in all urban areas In with the exception of will go up in the first billing after July Acton gets the In crease of per cent while Burlington and Georgetown rates go up by 30 per cent and in Milton the Increase will be 10 per cent Oakville already pays one of the highest rates and reg treasurer Don Farmer Indicated the rates there t have to be in creased While the rate increases are large in terms of percent Shortly after starting the job he agreed to take a course at Queens University designed to provide correctional staff with some experience and understanding of psychology and social work so they would have a better relationship with the inmates and the people around them Mr was one of only a handful who graduated from the Ihrceyear course in correctional work at Queen in 1963 but his extra effort was soon rewarded with a promotion to corporal at in In he was transferred lo Lindsay Jail as corpora and within months of that move he was promoted to the position of Assistant Superintendent Mr was superintendent at Lindsay from 1972 until his recent appointment at Milton Jail He describes his new job as challenging but difficult noting he s on call hours a day seven days a week But he was quick to point out his vast responsibilities are facilitated by the very good very competent staff at the Brown St Jail There seems to be a trend now towards a younger more educated correctional staff in this province today Mi said and I Ihink they can set a good example for the inmates He sold in many cases the inmates are behind bars because they lack self discipline I would hope this Is a quality they would pick up during their period of detention he said Mr said he really believes jails can serve as the starting grounds for rehabilitation He noted that even a short slay in jail can be a deterrent from com milting other acts of crime I hope when an Individual leaves Milton Jail he II be able lo say It was a positive learning experience but I don I ever want to go back Mr explained Georgetown GO bus riders bus was only three should ignore the signs on In the afternoon a bus buses announcing bus leaving downtown Toronto at 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