Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre

Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre
Location	Burritts Rapids, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	44°58′25″N 75°49′23″W
Status	Closed
Security class	Minimum
Opened	1947
Closed	January, 2004
Managed by	Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Rideau Correctional Centre was opened in 1947 as a minimum-security facility, with an integrated farm where inmates could learn skills to be plied upon their release.[1] It was decommissioned in 2004,[2] and subsequently demolished in 2013.[3]

References

"Province to close jail, throw away key". Canadian Broadcasting Corp. cbc.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
"Modernizing the System: Decommissioning Older Facilities". Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
"Rideau Correctional Demolition". Taplen Construction. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

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[CBC-1] "Province to close jail, throw away key". Canadian Broadcasting Corp. cbc.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[OMCSCS-2] "Modernizing the System: Decommissioning Older Facilities". Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[Taplen-3] "Rideau Correctional Demolition". Taplen Construction. Retrieved 6 February 2014.