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55-524: 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. John Main was the facility's first administrator (warden), and came over from Mimico. It was expanded in the late 1980s and again in the early 21st century. At

110-491: A juvenile reformatory) emphasized child rescue, reform through character development, moral and academic education, and vocational training. The opening ceremonies were officiated by Lord Lansdowne , the Governor General of Canada . The first boy was registered at the school on June 14. At its peak, the school consisted of the following: The school received 'students', aged from under 10 through 14 years, through

165-813: A hospital and the head of the nursing staff, is also known as the Chief Nursing officer or Chief Nursing Executive , senior nursing officer , matron , nursing officer , or clinical nurse manager in UK English; the head nurse or director of nursing in US English, and the nursing superintendent or matron in Indian English , among other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations . In England, matrons today "have powers over budgets, catering and cleaning as well as being in charge of nurses and doctors" and "have

220-447: A hospital may have many matrons—one for surgery , one for medicine , one for geriatrics , one for the emergency department, etc.) but do have budgetary control regarding catering and cleaning contracts. In larger hospitals some will have a group of wards to manage. Their managerial powers are more limited, and they spend most of their time on administrative work rather than having direct responsibility for patient care. Many areas of

275-583: A matron, working in partnership with principal administrative officer and senior doctors in the day to day administration of the hospital, and responsible for the nursing service, the training of nurses and some domestic services (although increasingly in the larger hospitals domestic services were largely the responsibility of the principal administrative officer)l. However, hospitals and the services they delivered were becoming more complex . The new NHS administratively grouped hospitals together (sometimes just two but many in to larger groups of up to 20 ) resulting in

330-458: A number of fireplace grills and flag-poles. The inmate capacity was 350 in the reformatory, 108 in the Alex G. Brown Clinic and 30 at Camp Hillsdale (a minimum-security forestry camp). Ontario Brick and Tile Company was closed following pressure from outside labour unions that argued that the plant was taking jobs from their members. 1972 Department of Correctional Services became known as

385-569: A ten-cell unit at the rear of the building. 1991 The inmate dining hall and kitchen in the basement of Building 2 were closed and replaced with the newly completed 320-seat dining hall. I.T.A. program was moved completely out of the institution to Community Resource Centres ( Halfway-houses ). 1993 Ministry of Correctional Services became the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services. Five new cells were opened in

440-478: Is now a part of Toronto , Ontario, Canada. The facility was closed in 2011 and demolished to make room for the new Toronto South Detention Centre which opened in 2014. The Mimico Correctional Centre began its history as the Victoria Industrial School for Boys, which opened on May 16 in the town of Mimico, Ontario (just west of Toronto). Headed by Superintendent W.J. Hendrie. The school (essentially

495-513: Is of a dramatic and fatal escape attempt. Two inmates overpowered several staff members and got possession of a set of keys. The Day Sergeant, who lived in a nearby room where guns were also stored, heard the scuffle and entered the hall carrying a pistol. He ordered the men to stop, but when he was attacked, he fired, killing one of them. Harry also recalls being involved in a riot at the institution one Christmas Eve when some inmate horseplay resulted in chairs and tables being thrown. "Being

550-411: Is the rank of the most senior nurse of a hospital. Long before women were commonly employed as fully sworn police officers, many police forces employed uniformed women with limited powers to search and attend to female prisoners and deal with matters specifically affecting women and children. These female officers were often known as "police matrons". Officers in women's prisons sometimes also used

605-734: The CEO or COO . In the United States a matron is not a nurse, but a female assistant to males running a residential facility, like a camp, boarding school, or prison (see Other uses , below). The word "matron" is derived from the Latin for "mother", via French. The title of matron was first used in the 16th century in the United Kingdom (UK) for the housekeeper role in voluntary hospitals . The radical reforms of nursing promoted by Florence Nightingale argued not just that nurses should be trained but that

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660-584: The Guelph reformatory. The site was used as a POW camp (known as Camp 22 ) for German prisoners, many of whom were Merchant-marines and U-boat crewmen. Mimico was just one of many such camps spread across Ontario and Canada. The prisoners at Mimico were housed in huts and fed in the main dormitory building. The Province of Ontario formed the Department of Reform Institutions overseeing about 10 institutions. The Alex G. Brown Memorial Clinic opened on site in

715-637: The Toronto Central Prison (built in 1874), an adult-male institution located at King Street and Strachan Avenue in Parkdale , a section of Toronto. The plant could produce over two million bricks a year for government use. The Toronto Central Prison closed and the newly built Ontario Reformatory-Guelph - known today as the Guelph Correctional Centre - assumed responsibility for the brickyard. The Victoria Industrial School became known as

770-563: The Committee on Senior Nursing Structure (known as the Salmon Report) was published in 1966 and proposed a new structure for NHS nurse managers which replaced the title matron and chief male nurse with 'chief nursing officer' and created a template job description and pay grade to be used by every NHS organization. The report's main recommendations on the structure of nursing administration, the change of name from matron to chief nursing officer,

825-634: The Mimico Reform School. The site of the Toronto Central Prison brickyard became a reformatory . The Mimico Reform School was closed. Following the closing of Penetang (another reform school), the school had become a dumping ground for more "hardened boys", and with the increase in population, the rehabilitative success decreased sharply. In December 1934, the Ontario public secretary ordered it closed amid sensational public accusations that

880-457: The Ministry in 1956 after 35 years service, 29 of them at Mimico. The first six years he worked at Burwash where his annual salary was $ 1,125 for an 11-hour day shift and 13 hours on night duty, with no overtime. In 1927, he went to Mimico in response to an urgent request from Superintendent Jim Elliott, a friend who needed a records clerk and wanted Harry for the job. He was delighted with his starting salary of $ 1,400 at Mimico. "I thought it

935-542: The Ministry of Correctional Services. For the first time, females were allowed to work as Correctional Officers; They had previously been known as Matrons and restricted to working with female inmates or juvenile offenders. Ontario Reformatory-Mimico became the Mimico Correctional Centre. 1973 The Alex G. Brown Clinic was moved to the Ontario Correctional Institute . The part of

990-518: The NHS job title lexicon. Hospital matrons promoted nurses and nursing through the media of radio, newspapers and books e.g. Gwendoline Kirby , matron of Great Ormond Street Hospital, London was a guest on Desert island Discs , Muriel Powell, matron of St George's Hospital London featured in the Star London newspaper in 1958 and spoke regularly on BBC radio and television programmes. The hospital matron

1045-775: The Toronto School Board Truancy Department. Funding was provided by the province, municipality, and parental-fees (contributed "in proportion to their means"). The daily routine at the school consisted of 4.5 hours of work and 3.5 hours of school/ drill . The typical daily routine was as follows: 06:30 Rise and Wash 07:00 Morning Prayers 07:30 Breakfast 08:00 Playground 08:30 Work 10:30 Playground 11:00 Work 12:00 Cottage 12:30 Dinner 13:00 Playground 13:30 Work 15:00 Playground 15:30 School 18:30 Tea 19:00 Cottage (Winter) 20:45 Bed (Winter) 19:00 Playground (Summer) 20:00 Cottage (Summer) 21:00 Bed (Summer) The school

1100-540: The UK from the late-nineteenth century until the 1990s. They acted to same way with the students as they did with nurses with one exception, they had to assign chores to students by the Headteacher when they misbehaved as a punishment such as doing the laundry, cleaning brass work or cleaning the floor. The matron also checked that all students were dressed in the way the uniform policy stated as well as having them make their beds in

1155-546: The UK now employ Community Matrons. The role of this staff group is predominantly clinical and these matrons have a caseload of patients for whom they are clinically responsible. Many of these patients have chronic health conditions such as COPD, Emphysema, and/or palliative conditions which result in multiple hospital admissions. It is the aim of this staff group to treat the patient within the community thereby limiting hospital admissions. This staff group are predominantly nurses, but there are other allied health professionals also in

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1210-478: The basement of Building 1 in place of the Immigration Dorm (formerly used as a medical isolation dorm when AIDS began to show up in the inmate population). Matron Matron is the job title of a very senior or the chief nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries and former colonies. The chief nurse, in other words the person in charge of nursing in

1265-572: The boys are not sent down as criminals, neither are they turned loose upon the world at the expiration of a fixed term, but are apprenticed to some trusty farmer or mechanic... Poor 'bags of bones', found in a deplorable state, have acquired the home feeling and habits of industry and obedience in the kindly atmosphere of the School. Violence was regularly used to discipline boys at the school. This included striking boys with straps, handcuffing, and bread-and-water diets. This may have been partly influenced by

1320-565: The dining-hall/old administration building. Steam-pipes ran under the walkways from the boiler -house to heat the four new buildings and as a result, the walkways were almost always clear of ice and snow in the winter. Building 2, as an annex of the Alex G. Brown Clinic, was used to house sexual deviates , screened at the Ontario Reformatory-Millbrook . New boiler-house built (now used by maintenance as workshops). New administration building added. 160 acres (0.6 km )

1375-465: 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 . A riot at Maplehurst Correctional Centre in Milton occurred in 1979, during which 18 convicts escaped from

1430-471: The facility. More than $ 95,000 worth of recreational equipment was smashed. Seven of the escapees were recaptured in the immediate aftermath. In 2021, the Ministry of Labour issued nine orders of unsafe work conditions after an outbreak of COVID-19 was declared at the institution. 43°31′35″N 79°53′53″W  /  43.52639°N 79.89806°W  / 43.52639; -79.89806 Mimico Correctional Centre The Mimico Correctional Centre

1485-626: The fact that the school was governed by a private board of governors instead of the directly by the Board of Education for Toronto. The Ontario Government found clay and shale deposits on land it owned in Mimico providing a natural source of building materials for the Government's own needs, it was quickly exploited, and the Toronto Brick and Tile Company was built. This brickyard was a satellite camp run by

1540-528: The governing body of Westminster Hospital . The appointed members included notable matrons and chief male nurses: Miss M B Powell CBE (matron St. George's Hospital , London); Miss J T Locke OBE (matron the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow); Miss E. M. Rees,(matron Cardiff Royal Infirmary , Cardiff); Miss G. M. Westbrook,(matron Southmead Hospital , Bristol); J. Greene, Esq., (Chief Male Nurse, Moorhaven Hospital , Ivybridge, South Devon). The Report of

1595-404: The hospital nursing staff and their training should come under the control of one senior nurse – the matron. Across the UK the pattern emerged in the late nineteenth and early 20th century in many hospitals, that the matron was the head of: the nursing service; the nurse training; and the hospital housekeeping and lived in the hospital. In some hospitals the matron was responsible directly to

1650-466: The institution's Board of Governors but in others the matron might report to a senior physician or surgeon. Matrons during this period were female. They were often seen as fearsome administrators, but were respected by nurses and doctors alike. The Nightingale model of matron was taken to other countries in the British Empire . Many matrons were active leaders in organizations advocating for

1705-413: The majority of matrons having less contact and influence with the governing body. By the early sixties there were increasing disparities between hospitals in the types, titles, job descriptions and work undertaken by senior nurses, particularly between those with the title' matron'. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) published a review of the administrative arrangements for nursing in the NHS, arguing that

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1760-574: The matron on the executive body of the group of hospitals Following extensive lobbying by the RCN and the Association of Hospital Matrons Enoch Powell MP, the Minister of Health (England and Wales) and Michael Noble , Secretary of State for Scotland, appointed a Committee 'to advise on the senior nursing structure in the hospital (ward sister and above) "p1. The Committee was chaired by Brian Salmon, member of

1815-411: The matrons with the housekeeping . The following is an excerpt from Superintendent Hendrie's first annual report: It seemed a curious undertaking to erect a school for these waifs without bar or cell or hardly a whip, but the lads appear to have dropped into the groove at once, there having been but three attempts to escape. This school differs from a reformatory in that it is in no sense a prison, and

1870-517: 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

1925-477: The old 'Beverly Jones Cottage' (left over from the Victoria Industrial School). The clinic provided treatment for drug and alcohol addiction . Ontario Reformatory-Mimico occupied 200 acres (0.8 km ). On the property were 51 dairy cows, 362 pigs and poultry. Buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4 were built (construction began 1948). The buildings were connected with canopied walkways that extended south to

1980-650: The powers to withhold payments from catering and cleaning services if they don't think they are giving the best service to the NHS ." Historically, matrons supervised the hospital as a whole but today, they are in charge of supervising two or three wards . The chief nurse is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The chief nurse is the senior nursing management position in an organization and often holds executive titles like chief nursing officer ( CNO ), chief nurse executive , or vice-president of nursing . They typically report to

2035-522: The property that was formally the Victoria Industrial School for Boys was sold to the Borough of Etobicoke (currently the site of former Toronto Police 21 Division and Ourland Park). 1975 Mimico Correctional Centre was 'closed' with plans to move all staff and inmates to the Maplehurst Correctional Centre . The institution was cleared of inmates and only a handful of staff remained when it

2090-544: The rest of the property is expected to go for similar use when the Ministry moves out this summer. The dining hall (formerly the main dormitory building prior to 1948) behind the administration building was torn down and replaced with a dining hall in the basement of Building 2. 1976 Buildings 5 and 6 were built but remained closed. 1981 Buildings 5 and 6 were opened and used to house Intermittent Temporary Absence ( day-pass ) and intermittent (sentence served on weekends) inmates. 1982 Mimico Correctional Centre

2145-491: The role such as paramedics and occupational therapists. The nursing branches of the British Armed Forces have never abandoned the term "Matron", and it is used for male as well as female officers, usually holding the rank of major (or equivalent) or above. It was formerly used as an actual rank in the nursing services. In South Africa and its former mandated territory South-West Africa (today's Namibia ), Matron

2200-533: The same way as hospital beds. In 2001 the UK Government announced the return of the matron to NHS hospitals in England, electing to call this new breed of nurses "modern matrons," in response to various press complaints of dirty, ineffective hospitals with poorly disciplined staff. They are not intended to have the same level of responsibility as the old matrons, as they often oversee just one department (therefore

2255-708: The school was a "barbarous and antiquated" institution. Remaining students were transferred to the Bowmanville Training School . The Reform School and adjacent property were merged with the Mimico out-camp for the Ontario Reformatory-Guelph. The Toronto Brick & Tile Company became known as the Ontario Brick & Tile Company and redesignated as the Ontario Reformatory-Mimico. The Ontario Reformatory-Mimico became autonomous from

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2310-425: The senior officer on duty, I went into the rest area, pulled out a pad and began to record the names of all inmates I recognized. Soon the fighting stopped and the inmates turned to watch me. I simply turned and left; there was no more trouble." The death knell for Mimico as a large farming operation was sounded in 1967 when 160 acres (0.6 km ) were sold to the Borough of Etobicoke for an industrial park. And

2365-456: The simplified grading structure, and systematic preparation for management responsibility were accepted by the Minister of Health Kenneth Robinson and William Ross , Secretary of State for Scotland. Pilots of the new structures commenced in 1968 and in the same year the Department of Health & Social Security decided to implement the new structure nationally, removing the title 'matron' from

2420-427: The title of "matron"; sometimes the matron was a senior officer who supervised the other wardresses . Institutions such as children's homes and workhouses were also run by matrons. The matron of a workhouse was very often the wife of the master and looked after the domestic affairs of the establishment. This was, in fact, the original meaning of the term. Its use in hospitals was borrowed from workhouses. The term

2475-402: The traditional role of matron was outdated, untenable in the range of duties, inadequately remunerated and increasingly difficult to recruit to. The review also proposed new senior nursing administration structures for the NHS in which the title matron was changed to 'Hospital Nursing Officer' for an individual hospital and the title Chief Nursing Officer to the Board or Group Nursing Officer for

2530-676: The training and registration of nurses in Great Britain and Ireland :the British Nurses' Association (established 1887); The Hospitals Association registration committee (established 1887); The Matrons Council of Great Britain and Ireland (established 1894); and the College of Nurses Ltd (established 1916). With the advent of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, the new administrative arrangements resulted in every hospital having

2585-449: Was 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. The Mimico Correctional Centre is one of several facilities operated by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and was located at 130 Horner Avenue in the district of Etobicoke which

2640-599: Was also used in boarding schools (and is still used in some British independent schools ) for the woman in charge of domestic affairs in a boarding house or the school nurse. In the past, the matron was sometimes the wife of the housemaster . In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , the female spouse of a temple president or his counselors is referred to as a temple matron . In New York City, movie theater matrons were employed beginning in 1936 to ensure that children would behave in theaters. They were licensed by

2695-405: Was assigned to a special train unit that travelled around the country and picked up prisoners for Mimico. "The German prisoners would question us extensively about the towns we passed and our destination. They recorded everything in notebooks, I suspect, so they could later make maps." After the war, Harry was promoted to Sergeant at Mimico and was paid $ 1,800. One of his most vivid memories

2750-400: Was based on 'the family plan' where boys lived in 'cottages' with a matron , who acted as mother, and a guard , who acted as father. The guards were actually skilled tradesmen who also supervised the boys at work. Some of the trades taught to the boys included carpentry , tailoring , printing , mechanics , and husbandry . The boys also performed work in the kitchen, laundry, and assisted

2805-660: Was caricatured in the Ealing Comedy Carry on series in Carry On Nurse in 1959 and Carry On Doctor in 1963 (and gentler portrayals in Carry On Again Doctor and Carry On Matron ) and played by Hattie Jacques . The matron usually had a very distinctive uniform, with a dark blue dress (although often of a slightly different colour from those worn by her direct subordinates, the sisters ) and an elaborate headdress. Matrons also worked in boarding schools in

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2860-526: Was decided that Mimico should be 're-opened'. The following is an excerpt from an article in the Correctional Update, an internal periodical . The article, written in February 1975, reported on the impending closure of Mimico: One man who remembers some of the by-gone days at Mimico is Harry Woollcombe who, at 78, works as a delivery man for a flower shop. He has also been a taxi driver since leaving

2915-462: Was great to be making that much money," he recalls. Even though he didn't particularly like the job - "I wasn't cut out to be a clerk" - Harry stuck with it for several years before transferring to the custodial staff. When the Second World War began, Harry joined a Toronto militia unit so he could stay at Mimico, which was being turned into an internment camp for German prisoners. He

2970-409: Was reclassified from minimum-security to medium-security and the perimeter fencing increased from ten feet to twenty-one feet. 1986 Payphones were installed in the inmate dormitories, allowing inmates to place collect-calls. 1988 Building 2 was converted to a 136-bed, medium-security remand unit. 1989 Segregation cells (4) in the basement of Building 1 were closed and replaced with

3025-608: Was sold to the Borough of Etobicoke and rezoned for industrial use. (January) The Department of Reform Institutions became known as the Department of Correctional Services and the provincial government took over control of the more than 50 county and district jails. The treatment of sex offenders was moved from the Alex G. Brown Clinic to the Ontario Hospital. Industry at Mimico showed an annual output of 275,000 bricks; 12 tons of tile; 4829 slippers; 700 boot/shoe repairs; 662 picnic tables; 449 rolls of snow fence ; as well as

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