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Guelph Reformatory

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Guelph Reformatory

Date1953-06

Names

Ontario Reformatory (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: A cell with partly closed gate

Subject

Correctional institutions

Medium

Undefined

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-225

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Guelph

Province or state:Ontario

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A beauty spot along the Guelph Highway at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph

A beauty spot along the Guelph Highway at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph

8/8/1925

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

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

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

Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right

Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right

7/8/1952

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

7/7/1952

Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher

Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher

7/7/1952