Middlesex County Department of Corrections

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Middlesex County Department of Corrections
MCDC patch.png
Shoulder patch worn by MCDC correctional officers
Formed 1 July 1900
Type Corrections
Employees 1556
Country Canada flag alt.png Canada
Province Ontario flag.png Ontario
Jurisdiction Middlesex County, Ontario
General nature • Corrections (jail and remand)
Probation and parole board
Headquarters 233 Wharncliffe Rd S
London, Middlesex County, ON
Facilities 15
Secretary Ellen Fitzpatrick
Responsible to Middlesex County Council
Solicitor General of Ontario
Website middlesexcorrections.gov.on.ca

The Middlesex County Department of Corrections (MCDC) is an executive department subordinate to the Middlesex County Council, which is responsible for operating and maintaining all jails and pretrial remand centres in Middlesex County, Ontario, as well as administering the county's parole and probation system. Provincial prisons are operated at the provincial level by the Ontario Department of Corrections, and federal facilities by Corrections Canada. Local policing in Middlesex County and all eighteen of its incorporated municipalities (including the county seat of London) is handled by the Middlesex County Police Service.