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Toronto Jail Superintendent Gerald Whitehead stands on iron stairs in the jail located in central Toronto

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Toronto Jail Superintendent Gerald Whitehead stands on iron stairs in the jail located in central Toronto

Date3/12/1973

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Bull, Ron (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Whitehead, Gerald (subject)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto Jail Superintendent Gerald Whitehead stands on iron stairs in the jail located in central Toronto. The old section of Toronto Jail, the original Don Jail completed in 1865, is to be torn down. Criticism of the jail over the years has been constant, this year a grand jury called it deplorable.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089096F

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