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Jail a shambles
Jail a shambles

Jail a shambles

Date11/12/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jail a shambles: Before breaking out of Maplehurst correctional centre; 18 prisoners caused an estimated $75;000 damage to the centre's gym. They started the riot by throwing chairs at the jail guards about an hour after a movie; Escape to Athena; began in the gym and apparently gave them the idea.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106692F
He claims jail cost him finger, Former Don Jail inmate Dan Lovering claims negligence at the jail caused him to lose index finger on his right hand
He claims jail cost him finger, Former Don Jail inmate Dan Lovering claims negligence at the jail caused him to lose index finger on his right hand
9/30/1974
Out on $40,000 bail. Released from jail yesterday on $40,000 bail, stock promoter Myer (Mike) Rush passes a picketing jail guard. Awaiting trial on co(...)
Out on $40,000 bail. Released from jail yesterday on $40,000 bail, stock promoter Myer (Mike) Rush passes a picketing jail guard. Awaiting trial on co(...)
1/4/1968
Toronto Jail Superintendent Gerald Whitehead stands on iron stairs in the jail located in central Toronto
Toronto Jail Superintendent Gerald Whitehead stands on iron stairs in the jail located in central Toronto
3/12/1973
Arriving today for the inquest into the deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of t(...)
Arriving today for the inquest into the deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of t(...)
2/10/1977
Arriving today for the inquest into th deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of th(...)
Arriving today for the inquest into th deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of th(...)
2/10/1977
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
7/13/1977
As the inquiry into allegations of brutality at the Toronto (Don) Jail convened yesterday, nurse Jane Mannerholm, who formerly worked at the jail, arr(...)
As the inquiry into allegations of brutality at the Toronto (Don) Jail convened yesterday, nurse Jane Mannerholm, who formerly worked at the jail, arr(...)
11/25/1974
Ex-Guard at Toronto (Don) Jail, Gary Dassy, 32, and his girlfriend, Jane Mannerholm, 30, stand in front of the jail where Dassy says he helped beat up(...)
Ex-Guard at Toronto (Don) Jail, Gary Dassy, 32, and his girlfriend, Jane Mannerholm, 30, stand in front of the jail where Dassy says he helped beat up(...)
9/26/1974
Don guards march to save their union, Protesting takeover of Don jail by the provincial government, about 100 jail guards today staged Queen's Park pr(...)
Don guards march to save their union, Protesting takeover of Don jail by the provincial government, about 100 jail guards today staged Queen's Park pr(...)
12/27/1967
Out of Jail: Paul Rose, left, and Leonard Joyce are back on the streets after serving almost nine months in jail before being acquitted on a charge of attempting to murder a policeman
Out of Jail: Paul Rose, left, and Leonard Joyce are back on the streets after serving almost nine months in jail before being acquitted on a charge of attempting to murder a policeman
10/21/1987
The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
4/29/1985
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards protesting takeover of jail by Ontario, costing them union membership, benefits
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards protesting takeover of jail by Ontario, costing them union membership, benefits
12/30/1967