New Brunswick Training School

New Brunswick Training School

Location	Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates	45.9658°N 66.8045°W / 45.9658; -66.8045
Opened	December 1962; 62 years ago (1962-12)

The New Brunswick Training School, also known as the Kingsclear Youth Training Centre, was a youth detention centre in Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada, about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Fredericton.

It closed in 1998 following an inquiry into abuse there.[1] It was set to close in late 1997, and was to be succeeded by a new facility in Miramichi.[2]

It was a wing of the Kingsclear Reformatory, a minimum security facility located nearby, which closed in 2000.[3]

History

The New Brunswick Training School was opened in Kingsclear in 1962, following demand for a new facility for juvenile delinquents that would replace the aging Boys' Industrial Home in Saint John.[4][5] Construction on the facility began in late 1961, contracted by Moncton-based Modern Construction Limited and budgeted at $554,500.[6] On March 8, 1962, premier Louis Robichaud introduced the Training School Act to provide for the institution's construction as a replacement to the former Saint John facility.[7] It was granted Royal Assent on March 29.[8] The new facility was completed and opened in December 1962, and its first 50 boys were transferred from Saint John.[9][10]

Child sexual abuse of inmates

Karl Toft was one of the guards at Kingsclear and was convicted of committing 34 sex crimes against inmates between the mid 1960s and the mid 1980s. He has admitted to raping over 200 boys in a 35-year period. Other guards have been alleged to have also raped boys at Kingsclear.[11]

References

1. "New Brunswick sells training school linked to abuse of teens". Globe and Mail. 12 July 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. Goguen, Giselle (September 26, 1997). "The storied Kingsclear training school will be shut down next spring, says Solicitor-General Jane Barry". Saint John Times Globe. Telegraph-Journal. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
3. "Kingsclear adult facility to close". CBC. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
4. "Young People and the Law". University of New Brunswick. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
5. "Boys' Home To Close Next Year". Telegraph-Journal. October 7, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
6. "Seen As Step Toward Wiping Out Juvenile Delinquency". The Moncton Transcript. November 3, 1961. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
7. "Salary Increases Indicated For N. B. Ministers, Members". The Times-Transcript. March 9, 1962. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
8. "Training School Act, SNB 1961-62, c 33". CanLII. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
9. "Shift Is Made To New Training School Premises". The Daily Gleaner. December 13, 1962. p. 19. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
10. "New Brunswick Training School Seen Potential Weapon For Fighting Juvenile Delinquency". The Daily Gleaner. January 10, 1963. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
11. Dunn, Carolyn. "Alleged victims of sexual abuse by N.B. RCMP officer sue Ottawa, province". CBC. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

External links

• "ARCHIVED - Kingsclear Investigation Report". Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
• Training School Act