OWEN SOUND JAIL

OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO, CANADA

The County of Grey opened a complex in 1854, including a courthouse and police services, a land registry office and a county jail. In 1960, the County of Grey moved the courthouse and land registry to another location at the edge of present-day Owen Sound, Ontario. At that time, March 11, 1960, the County of Grey and the City of Owen Sound signed a two-part agreement that was subsequently passed into bylaw. The first part required that the City of Owen Sound immediately purchase the courthouse portion of the complex. Part two of the agreement requires the City of Owen Sound to purchase the jail portion when the County of Grey no longer needs it for its own use. This occurred in 1978, when the province of Ontario transferred the county jails to provincial entities. The County of Grey and the City of Owen Sound escaped the latter part of the 1960 agreement and have profited greatly ever since. The County of Grey receives a monthly payment (approximately $ 12,000 as of 2011) for which they have no obligation to maintain the property; the City of Owen Sound kept the police services in the old courthouse until 1987/88 and then leased it to an arts council. In doing so, the jail lost all of their former entrances and moved all activities to the side of the jail, immediately beside the adjacent residence.

Call2Talk is the most efficient and cheapest method to receive calls from Provincial prisons such as The Owen Sound Jail. Whenever a Central Owen Sound Jail inmate calls a local number, they are charged $0.075 per minute from their collect Calling Call2Talk account. The same inmate call that would have cost upwards of $5.00 now just costs you $1.13 for 15 minutes.

We will provide you with a local telephone number for collect calls, near the Owen Sound Jail, for your inmate to call as if it were your original home, work or mobile number. When the inmate calls the local Collect Call number that we issue, we will route the call to your current or any other telephone number without alteration to your existing line. Only two things change in the way you will receive prison telephone calls from Owen Sound; the telephone number your inmate dials and the new lower cost of prison calling.

With Call2Talk, inmates in Owen Sound Jail, Owen Sound will save more than 80% on their prison telephone calls.