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Oak Ridge is Ontario,s only maximum-security mental hospital and home of some of the province's most dangerous men
Oak Ridge is Ontario,s only maximum-security mental hospital and home of some of the province's most dangerous men

Oak Ridge is Ontario,s only maximum-security mental hospital and home of some of the province's most dangerous men

Date10/10/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Oak Ridge is Ontario;s only maximum-security mental hospital and home of some of the province's most dangerous men.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107606F
Behind bars: Star reporter Darcy Henton, doing a first-person story in Penetanguishene's Oak Ridge, Ontario's only maximum-security mental hospital, gets a light from a patient
Behind bars: Star reporter Darcy Henton, doing a first-person story in Penetanguishene's Oak Ridge, Ontario's only maximum-security mental hospital, gets a light from a patient
10/10/1987
Long process: Like many patients at the Oak Ridge mental health centre, Daryi Jones, right, is frustrated by the long process of making appeals
Long process: Like many patients at the Oak Ridge mental health centre, Daryi Jones, right, is frustrated by the long process of making appeals
2/1/1990
Touring ward at Orillia. Hospital school in Orillia yesterday, Dr. Donald Zarfas, director of the province's mental retardation services, talks with n(...)
Touring ward at Orillia. Hospital school in Orillia yesterday, Dr. Donald Zarfas, director of the province's mental retardation services, talks with n(...)
4/6/1971
Robert Walker's German Shepherd dog Wolf watches as his master studies some strips in his Oak Ridges home north of Toronto
Robert Walker's German Shepherd dog Wolf watches as his master studies some strips in his Oak Ridges home north of Toronto
4/28/1973
Jerry Cooper, through his post as chief of psychiatry at York-Finch Hospital, has found himself caught up not only in the mental health but also the s(...)
Jerry Cooper, through his post as chief of psychiatry at York-Finch Hospital, has found himself caught up not only in the mental health but also the s(...)
10/9/1974
On the intention of the imperial government to unite the provinces of British North America, and a review of some events which took place during the s(...)
On the intention of the imperial government to unite the provinces of British North America, and a review of some events which took place during the s(...)
1858
Maximum security is imposed at Grandview School in Cambridge, Ont
Maximum security is imposed at Grandview School in Cambridge, Ont
5/2/1975
Eternal watch: A massive watchtower, manned night and day, is the first sight convicts see when they arrive at Millhaven, Canada's toughest maximum-security penitentiary
Eternal watch: A massive watchtower, manned night and day, is the first sight convicts see when they arrive at Millhaven, Canada's toughest maximum-security penitentiary
1/16/1981
Inside a cell at Millhaven Penitentiary, the maximum-security federal penitentiary near Kingston, an inmate has room for a desk, chair and cot. But, p(...)
Inside a cell at Millhaven Penitentiary, the maximum-security federal penitentiary near Kingston, an inmate has room for a desk, chair and cot. But, p(...)
10/21/1975
Drynoch, the Residence of Captain Macleod, Oak Ridges, now Richmond Hill, Ontario
Drynoch, the Residence of Captain Macleod, Oak Ridges, now Richmond Hill, Ontario
1851
Toronto And York Radial Railway, Metropolitan Division, Schomberg Junction station (Oak Ridges)
Toronto And York Radial Railway, Metropolitan Division, Schomberg Junction station (Oak Ridges)
4/13/1955
Many patients at Oak Ridge feel dejected and lament the lack of real treatment or help for their problems
Many patients at Oak Ridge feel dejected and lament the lack of real treatment or help for their problems
10/10/1987