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Metro's first provincial jail-without-bars, to be called a community resource centre and run by the Ministry of Correctional Services, is to open this(...)
Metro's first provincial jail-without-bars, to be called a community resource centre and run by the Ministry of Correctional Services, is to open this(...)

Metro's first provincial jail-without-bars, to be called a community resource centre and run by the Ministry of Correctional Services, is to open this(...)

Date10/17/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro's first provincial jail-without-bars; to be called a community resource centre and run by the Ministry of Correctional Services; is to open this winter in the old superintendent's house at the Toronto Jail. Prisoners will hold jobs or attend Courses. That's the old jail in the background.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011143F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
4/22/1977
10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison offici(...)
10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison offici(...)
2/13/1978
Jail cell Where 20-year-old Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept, 5 is opened by Richard Fleming, a correctional services officer, when an inquest ju(...)
Jail cell Where 20-year-old Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept, 5 is opened by Richard Fleming, a correctional services officer, when an inquest ju(...)
11/19/1974
It will soon be just a memory for Gifford Chard, who has spent 23 years as a correctional officer at Toronto (Don) Jail
It will soon be just a memory for Gifford Chard, who has spent 23 years as a correctional officer at Toronto (Don) Jail
11/10/1977
Stark home: The Metro West Detention Centre is one of two correctional facilities in the province that unlocked Its doors to reporters yesterday
Stark home: The Metro West Detention Centre is one of two correctional facilities in the province that unlocked Its doors to reporters yesterday
5/22/1991
Despite the heavy concrete bars that line Warkworth's walkways, every year a couple of men escape
Despite the heavy concrete bars that line Warkworth's walkways, every year a couple of men escape
9/28/1991
Writing behind bars: The prose and cons Can writing be a form of rehabilitation for prison inmates?
Writing behind bars: The prose and cons Can writing be a form of rehabilitation for prison inmates?
5/14/1990
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
Convicted murderer Claude Bourguignon below, says: Sometimes I look at these bars and I can't believe that I'm really here
Convicted murderer Claude Bourguignon below, says: Sometimes I look at these bars and I can't believe that I'm really here
6/19/1991
Behind bars: Inmates speak about frustration over long prison terms, low wages and simmering conflicts
Behind bars: Inmates speak about frustration over long prison terms, low wages and simmering conflicts
2/16/1989
Locks do still a prison make and Mrs. Freda Ferguson, one of 46 female correctional officers chooses the right one to open one of the many heavy doors(...)
Locks do still a prison make and Mrs. Freda Ferguson, one of 46 female correctional officers chooses the right one to open one of the many heavy doors(...)
9/11/1974
One building's going up in scarborough, The new Metro Toronto East regional detention centre being built by the Ministry of Corrections on the site of(...)
One building's going up in scarborough, The new Metro Toronto East regional detention centre being built by the Ministry of Corrections on the site of(...)
11/12/1975