There used to be a lovely service detention barracks in Borden with a central core and five, star-shaped wings. When they concentrated prison services in Edmonton, the Borden barracks became surplus and were, for quite a few years, used as temporary quarters for Militia units and personnel coming up from Toronto and the surrounding areas to do exercises or courses.
I've just did a quick Google maps view of the area and I see it has gone the divestment route. Whenever something requires maintenance but doesn't have a full-time (read RegF) use, it tends to disappear.
Old timer response. By the mid-70s (after 14 CFSPDB opened in Edmonton) those in custody were held in cells at the guardhouse down at the Alliston gate for short sentences or until they were escorted to Edmonton. And no, I didn't do time in cells there, though I did escort a detainee.
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