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8 Real Estate Show Place Aug 1978 Only memories will remain alive in old jail With cell doors ajar mattresses piled high in the corners the Milton Jail is closed Destination tags are placed on almost anything in the building to be snipped to other and penal institutions throughout the province Nothing will remain Cookware televisions and washing machines even the filing cabinets are spoken for and are being removed All that will remain in the Milton jail pi ovmcial court house ire the memories of those who worked or stayed there It was often overcrowded But the old building has a flivor ill its own The name- carved into the bannister on the staircases Tht large windows and high ceilings let all know they wtren above the The courtroom ton struc ted to those of highest standing to the uppermost floor level Court will move to the Steeles Ave complex a concrete and wood structure new modern and lacking in tradition Prisoners will no longer be held in Milton They will be transported daily from the Himilton Detention Centre the Metro Toronto West Jail or the Jail tomakecourtappearances For more than a decade inspecting grand juries have been con demning the 115yearold jail in Milton and calling for its closure With the moving of the Regional Health Unit to the new region building later this year the whole block bounded by King Mary Brown and Hugh Sts will be vacant Only Regional Police will remain