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Date1948-07

Names

Ontario Reformatory (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: TS-2-125-GO-223

Subject

Correctional institutions

Medium

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Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-223

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Guelph

Province or state:Ontario

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Prisoner hands in meat cleaver to guard

Prisoner hands in meat cleaver to guard

1952-08

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory riots

Guelph Reformatory riots

1952-08

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

7/7/1952

Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

8/22/1959

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

7/8/1952

Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them

Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them

7/7/1952

Guard hurls tear gas bomb through door into reformatory compound

Guard hurls tear gas bomb through door into reformatory compound

7/7/1952