Calling home now easier for inmates of Island jails
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A building which many Summerside residents now revere, this old brick courthouse managed to save a number of buildings from the "Great Fire of 1906".
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Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 10/19/2018
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The 1906 fire covered more than eight city blocks, comprising about 155 houses, churches and commercial buildings which were destroyed as a result of the fire which started at 9:50 on the evening of October 11, 1906. As the fire raged northward it was stopped in its tracks by the large brick courthouse, sparing the wooden buildings to its north. This is not to say that the courthouse itself did not sustain damage. It did begin to burn, though much more slowly that would a completely wood building. At one o'clock the next afternoon the Courthouse and Jail was still burning. After the fire the building was rebuilt, repairing the substantial damage it had suffered.

Built in 1873, the Italianate structure was designed by architect John Corbett. The three storey brick and stone building initially included both courthouse and jail. While the jail was moved out many years ago, in 1976 the Prince County Correctional Centre, an 18 bed facility for adult male offenders, now occupies the building's basement.

Recently, IE in 2013, it was made easier for the inmates to phone home by the installation of special phone kiosks in provincial correctional facilities, including the Prince County Correctional Centre, AKA the Prince County Jail, which occupies the basement of the Prince County Courthouse. Details follow.
Calling home now easier
for inmates of Island jails
Nancy MacPhee | Published: Sep 15, 2013
A kiosk has been set up at the Prince County Courthouse in Summerside, which is in the same building as the Prince County Jail, that will allow family of inmates to prepay for their family member’s phone calls. It’s a system, said Gordie Roche, put in place at no cost to taxpayers but will make it easier for families to stay in touch with their family member behind bars.

“It’s a mode where the family of our inmates can prepay on the phone system,” said Roche. “They put the necessary phone number in, etc., and it prompts them. It then discounts the phone costs for the inmates since it is prepaid.”

The kiosk is one of two located in Island jails. The second is at the Provincial Correctional Facility in Sleepy Hollow. They are available through the correctional facilities’ phone service provider, Synergy, a relatively new company to the province.

“It’s part of what Synergy… has offered. It’s offered so that, with the prepayment, it gives the inmates a much better rate,” said Roche. “(The cost) would be covered by Synergy. It is their system. It would be part of the package they’re providing, the inmate phone system.”

In fact, he added, the Island’s correctional facilities are the first in the region to have the system in place. The service, which has only been in place a couple of weeks, is currently up and running but hasn’t been used much to date.

The system in place prior to the kiosks saw inmates having to bill their loved one for calls made to that particular number, explained Roche. “It would be billed to the receiving number. There would be a connection fee and, if long distance charges, a fee would be applied on top of that,” he added. “They use a credit card or a debit card and pay on the inmate’s phone account.”

Inmates still can call and have the connection fee billed to their account.
From the Summerside Journal Pioneer
Type of publication: Newspaper

When was the article reported?: 09/15/2013

Publication: Summerside Journal Pioneer

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News Category: Crime

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