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Sunday, March 18, 2001 Oakville Beaver Weekend F ir s t p r o v in c ia l `s n a e t ja il' o p e n s By Fannie Sunshine SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Milton is the official home of the first `supeijail' complex in Ontario. The newly-expanded Maplehurst Correctional Centre was officially opened yesterday and inmates are expected to arrive within the next few weeks. The maximum security complex, which took almost three years to complete at a cost of $89 million, occupies 29,200 square metres of new construction and has the capacity to house 1,500 inmates. "This facility introduces a new era in Ontario correc tions and is a significant step in moving from old, ineffi cient jails to modem, safe, no-frills institutions that rep resent a responsible use of taxpayers' dollars," Ontario Correctional Services Minister Rob Sampson told reporters at a press confer ence held inside the new facility, Thursday. "This government's main priority is public safety and ensuring we have a correc tions system that is safe, in M ilt o n ' A uhc««2m Jar' I F l* ,, * Jj/e (emmunlllts - rib, , .-/IS oamanltfts ilF E im Safe Communbles !?LS 5ah Communities * * <** SAFE Sale fomj SAF£J. Photo by Graham Paine Ontario Correctional Services Minister Rob Sampson speaks to reporters in one of the 16-cell, two-tier pods at Milton's new Maplehurst `superjail.' secure, effective, efficient the community. We're all razor ribbon. and accountable," said interested in the future of Currently, prisoners are Sampson. Maplehurst and the future of housed in two separate areas. Milton Mayor Gord the community." The first houses inmates that Krantz, who was also on Maplehurst will be the have been sentenced to two hand at the opening, said he's largest jail in Canada, with years less a day and the sec been looking forward to the 21 different types of security ond area is a detention centre new facility for more than systems and 300 metres of for holding prisoners in cus two years. "I've always supported the Maplehurst location in D o y o u h a v e a f j r e a t id* lh a l ; w ill m ake a cliff* to r e c r e a t io n a l f a c ilit ie s yo u r c o m m u n ity ? tody awaiting court proce dures. Inmates from both sec tions of the complex will be housed in the four new units, designed as pods. The old facility will be constructed to a retro fit. The pods are self-con tained, 192-bed units in which male inmates spend their days. Each pod is divid ed into eight "slices" -- six living units consisting of 16 cells (two inmates per cell) eight tables and a showering area, an outdoor yard and a hallway for laundry and health care facilities. The design is similar to the West Valley Correctional Centre in California. The design will also be featured at the new Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene and Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, which are currently under construction. A separate area for females has yet to be built. The visiting area can occupy up to 25 people. Three separate no-contact visiting rooms are set up with a metal stool and phone on both sides of the window. A video remand monitor is set up for inmates wishing to speak to the judge over the monitor instead of travelling to the court house. This sys tem isn't currently in use in Halton. Two staff members are on duty 24 hours a day in the central control area and monitor five different com puter systems. One hundred and sixty-eight cameras are located within the complex, except in the individual cells. Keeping the inmates in one area and not having to transport them to other areas of the complex makes the facility more effective, Sampson added. In December of 2000, the legislature passed the Corrections Accountability Act, a law that requires inmates to remain drug and alcohol free and actively participate in programs to earn the privilege of early release. LO CAL HEROES M OLSON S fP R I N G The M o ls o n Local Heroes Program can help make it happen! L o c a l H e ro e s is a p r o g ra m w h e re M o ls o n p ro v id e s fu n d in g t o in d iv id u a ls o f le g a l d r in k in g ag e to re p a ir, re v a m p o r r e v ita liz e E x is tin g a d u lt s p o r t a n d re c r e a tio n a l fa c ilitie s in th e c o m m u n ity . 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