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Scratch the surface of almost any prisoner in Canada and you'll find a poverty background, says Michael Bolton, lawyer for the B.C. Prisoners Union Committee. At left, law student Karen Kahn.
Scratch the surface of almost any prisoner in Canada and you'll find a poverty background, says Michael Bolton, lawyer for the B.C. Prisoners Union Committee. At left, law student Karen Kahn.

Scratch the surface of almost any prisoner in Canada and you'll find a poverty background, says Michael Bolton, lawyer for the B.C. Prisoners Union Committee. At left, law student Karen Kahn.

Date8/7/1975
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Law student, Karen Kahn and Lawyer Michael Bolton. They represent 'The Prisoners Union Committee' Vancouver, BC.
Law student, Karen Kahn and Lawyer Michael Bolton. They represent 'The Prisoners Union Committee' Vancouver, BC.
8/7/1975
Prisoners without lawyers may damage their defence irreparably by statements they make to police, says Walter Pitman
Prisoners without lawyers may damage their defence irreparably by statements they make to police, says Walter Pitman
1/15/1971
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.
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.
7/13/1977
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
A selection of some of the most interesting narratives, of outrages, committed by the Indians, in their wars, with the white people. Also, an account of their manners, customs, traditions, religious sentiments, mode of warfare, military tactics, discipline and encampments, treatment of prisoners, &c. which are better explained, and more minutely related, than has been heretofore done, by any other author on that subject. Many of the articles have never before appeared in print. The whole compiled from the best authorities
A selection of some of the most interesting narratives, of outrages, committed by the Indians, in their wars, with the white people. Also, an account of their manners, customs, traditions, religious sentiments, mode of warfare, military tactics, discipline and encampments, treatment of prisoners, &c. which are better explained, and more minutely related, than has been heretofore done, by any other author on that subject. Many of the articles have never before appeared in print. The whole compiled from the best authorities
1888
A selection of some of the most interesting narratives, of outrages, committed by the Indians, in their wars, with the white people. Also, an account of their manners, customs, traditions, religious sentiments, mode of warfare, military tactics, discipline and encampments, treatment of prisoners, &c. which are better explained, and more minutely related, than has been heretofore done, by any other author on that subject. Many of the articles have never before appeared in print. The whole compiled from the best authorities
A selection of some of the most interesting narratives, of outrages, committed by the Indians, in their wars, with the white people. Also, an account of their manners, customs, traditions, religious sentiments, mode of warfare, military tactics, discipline and encampments, treatment of prisoners, &c. which are better explained, and more minutely related, than has been heretofore done, by any other author on that subject. Many of the articles have never before appeared in print. The whole compiled from the best authorities
1888
Index to certified copy of list of American prisoners of war, 1812-1815, as recorded in General entry book, Ottawa, Canada: List of American prisoners(...)
Index to certified copy of list of American prisoners of war, 1812-1815, as recorded in General entry book, Ottawa, Canada: List of American prisoners(...)
1924
Don Jail's superintendent Gerald Whitehead says rehabilitation there is difficult because prisoners are brought to the Don for only a short time
Don Jail's superintendent Gerald Whitehead says rehabilitation there is difficult because prisoners are brought to the Don for only a short time
5/28/1971
Everybody said it couldn't be done, says Frank Drea, minister of correctional services, who has started a work program for prisoners who volunteer to (...)
Everybody said it couldn't be done, says Frank Drea, minister of correctional services, who has started a work program for prisoners who volunteer to (...)
2/9/1978
Prisoners at Burwash reformatory are encouraged by unequal laws to escape for shorter terms
Prisoners at Burwash reformatory are encouraged by unequal laws to escape for shorter terms
11/8/1967
Offers help: Winston Seeney of Oshawa is president of Ontario Candecide, an organization aimed at rehabilitating prisoners
Offers help: Winston Seeney of Oshawa is president of Ontario Candecide, an organization aimed at rehabilitating prisoners
7/14/1982
Protest begins: Stephen Magwood, president of the High Park Homeowners and Residents Association, cuts a ribbon to signal the start of protests outside Exodus Link, a new counselling centre for paroled federal prisoners
Protest begins: Stephen Magwood, president of the High Park Homeowners and Residents Association, cuts a ribbon to signal the start of protests outside Exodus Link, a new counselling centre for paroled federal prisoners
1/5/1987