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Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails
Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails

Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails

Date2/25/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails
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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
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
9/2/1991
Brigadier Ernest Hutchinson Counsels at Toronto City Hall Jail, Salvation Army early championed Parole for first offenders
Brigadier Ernest Hutchinson Counsels at Toronto City Hall Jail, Salvation Army early championed Parole for first offenders
1/15/1965
A lot of time is spent watching television as young offenders wait for their sentences to expire
A lot of time is spent watching television as young offenders wait for their sentences to expire
1/1/1989
Young offenders spend up to 10 hours behind bars every day, locked away in a special unit
Young offenders spend up to 10 hours behind bars every day, locked away in a special unit
10/12/1988
Victory costs $10. Controller William Archer, whose campaign to have wording on parking tickets make clear the offenders has five working days to pay (...)
Victory costs $10. Controller William Archer, whose campaign to have wording on parking tickets make clear the offenders has five working days to pay (...)
1/16/1964
A. Phillips Silcox. Most offenders know full well what the law demands
A. Phillips Silcox. Most offenders know full well what the law demands
9/28/1962
John Hogarth, a professor at Osgoode Hall law school, looks over his report on the methods and attitudes of lower court judges in sentencing offenders
John Hogarth, a professor at Osgoode Hall law school, looks over his report on the methods and attitudes of lower court judges in sentencing offenders
10/5/1971
David Cole: Defence lawyer says dealing with repeat offenders doesn't bother him
David Cole: Defence lawyer says dealing with repeat offenders doesn't bother him
3/27/1981
Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
3/9/1990
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders
1/12/1987
Paying the price: George McFarlance introduced restitution program in which offenders repay their victims. More than $102,000 has been returned.
Paying the price: George McFarlance introduced restitution program in which offenders repay their victims. More than $102,000 has been returned.
11/24/1982