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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium to maximum |
| Capacity | 1,650 (maximum security) + 320 (medium security) |
| Population | 1,107 (as of 2019[1]) |
| Opened | January 29, 2014 |
| Managed by | Ministry of the Solicitor General |
The Toronto South Detention Centre is a correctional facility in the district of Etobicoke in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a Government of Ontario-operated maximum-security correctional facility for adult male inmates serving a sentence of up to 2-years-less-a-day, and offenders who have been remanded into custody while awaiting trial. It is built on the site of the former Mimico Correctional Centre, which closed in 2011 and whose origins dated back to 1887. The Toronto South Detention Centre officially opened on January 29, 2014[2] replacing the Toronto Jail, the Toronto West Detention Centre, and the demolished Mimico Correctional Centre.[2]
- ^ Ministry of the Solicitor General (2019). "Adult Correctional Institutions" (PDF). Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "Toronto South Detention Centre Opens its Doors". News Release. January 29, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.