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Inmates call this death row in the jail at Stratford
Inmates call this death row in the jail at Stratford

Inmates call this death row in the jail at Stratford

Date1/6/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Inmates call this death row in the jail at Stratford. Five locked in their cells died very, very quickly from carbon monoxide poisoning in a fire Dec. 18, a pathologist testified yesterday at opening of an inquest into their deaths. A guard inspects still soot-blackened and charred cellblock. Mattresses and bedding had been set on fire beside front entrance to 30-foot-long block. It was testified five keys were needed to get from block's rear door to ground-floor fire exit.
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After seeing films of the re-creation of the Stratford jail fire, Sid Bradley (left), 23, brother of one of the five inmates who died in blaze last De(...)
After seeing films of the re-creation of the Stratford jail fire, Sid Bradley (left), 23, brother of one of the five inmates who died in blaze last De(...)
2/10/1977
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
1/6/1977
Logs are stacked neatly in rows throughout cutting areas and are later moved to the railway for shipment to war production centres. The inmates work o(...)
Logs are stacked neatly in rows throughout cutting areas and are later moved to the railway for shipment to war production centres. The inmates work o(...)
1/12/1943
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.
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7/13/1977
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
12/23/1990
Met fans in van: North Stars player Dino Ciccarelli is released from the Toronto (con) jail after arriving in a police van in which he gave other inmates his autograph
Met fans in van: North Stars player Dino Ciccarelli is released from the Toronto (con) jail after arriving in a police van in which he gave other inmates his autograph
8/24/1988
Toronto's old don jail degrading, if not medieval Jurors urge more creature comforts to make conditions bearable for inmates
Toronto's old don jail degrading, if not medieval Jurors urge more creature comforts to make conditions bearable for inmates
9/30/1974
Vanier - inmates walk freely about grounds between cottages - on their way to supper with one of the cottages that house inmates behind. - 96 acres of land
Vanier - inmates walk freely about grounds between cottages - on their way to supper with one of the cottages that house inmates behind. - 96 acres of land
3/15/1995
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
Writing behind bars: The prose and cons Can writing be a form of rehabilitation for prison inmates?
Writing behind bars: The prose and cons Can writing be a form of rehabilitation for prison inmates?
5/14/1990
The only fence in this prison is to protect inmates from the dangers of swimming pools
The only fence in this prison is to protect inmates from the dangers of swimming pools
6/2/1969