Collection search - March, Ralph - Interview

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March, Ralph - Interview

Item number (ISN):

135279

Series title:

Correctional Service of Canada Oral History Project

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-11-14

Item number (ISN):

135279

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. SOLICITOR GENERAL CANADA / SOLLICITEUR GÉNÉRAL CANADA

Accession:

1989-0337

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1980-11-14

Production company:

Solicitor General, Canada

Production credit:

interviewer, Guy Surprenant

Description:

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Oral history interview of Ralph March (joined service 1938), retired Deputy Commissioner of Correctional Services. March discusses: family background; prior work experience as teacher; university studies; work as electrical instructor at Dorchester Penitentiary; army service 1939-1946; resuming work as electrical instructor; 1946 becoming Deputy Warden; relationship with then warden Colonel Goad; interest in vocational training programs; incident of talking down rebellious group of inmates; Colonel Goad; inmate grading scheme; policy of moving well behaved inmates into modern prison wings; prisoner escapes; Dorchester being used as dumping grounds for other prisoners' unmanageable prisoners; Penitentiary Officer Training Course in Ottawa and Calderwood; new penology "where time serves the man and not man just serving the time"; drafting of Penitentiary Officer's Handbook 1952; recommendations of Archambault Commission; 1952 Penitentiary Services Conference; organizational and new grading systems; appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Penitentiaries; difficulties with classification officers. Additional topics include: rehabilitation programs; opening of Joyceville, springhill institutions; training courses; Archambault Commission recommendations; introduction of vocational training for inmates; Correctional Planning Committee; March becojing Director of Organization and Administration and additional responsibilities required; frustrations with job; becoming Director of Correctional Research; work with developing electronic data systems; political affiliations; views on penitentiaries as an "anachronism", not aid rehabilitation; developments following report of the Correctional Planning Committee, minimum security institutions; concern at excessive expansion of penitentiary services; March's association with Elizabeth Fry Society; and work on installing Library of Congress classification system of Correctional Services library holdings. <2h 20mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

0-14~0-15~0-16

Notes:

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1. Recording level very low. Comprehension is difficult at times.

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Vault ISN:

117152

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1989-0337/014
1989-0337/015
1989-0337/016

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

575632

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

135279-1989-0337-014-S1.wav
135279-1989-0337-014-S2.wav
135279-1989-0337-015-S1.wav
135279-1989-0337-015-S2.wav
135279-1989-0337-016.wav

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

145:51

Made from:

1989-0337/014
1989-0337/015
1989-0337/016

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

575633

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

135279-1989-0337-014-S1.mp3
135279-1989-0337-014-S2.mp3
135279-1989-0337-015-S1.mp3
135279-1989-0337-015-S2.mp3
135279-1989-0337-016.mp3

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

145:51

Made from:

1989-0337/014
1989-0337/015
1989-0337/016

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD633

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of donorCopyright owner: Crown.

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