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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

Stark home: The Metro West Detention Centre is one of two correctional facilities in the province that unlocked Its doors to reporters yesterday

Date5/22/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stark home: The Metro West Detention Centre is one of two correctional facilities in the province that unlocked Its doors to reporters yesterday.
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GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011152F
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
It's still not homey, but a vast improvement over the old facilities, says Patrol Sgt
It's still not homey, but a vast improvement over the old facilities, says Patrol Sgt
2/8/1972
Metro West Detention Centre with Superintendent John Walter in two different cells/standing in the four unit cell and sitting in the two unit cell-
Metro West Detention Centre with Superintendent John Walter in two different cells/standing in the four unit cell and sitting in the two unit cell-
5/23/1986
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(...)
10/17/1974
Prisons - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Metro West Detention Centre - 1991
Prisons - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Metro West Detention Centre - 1991
5/23/1986
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
Milhaven - Control centre to operate cell doors and corridors gates conecting differente wings
Milhaven - Control centre to operate cell doors and corridors gates conecting differente wings
10/21/1975
Prisons - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Metro West Detention Centre - 1991
Prisons - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Metro West Detention Centre - 1991
12/23/1981
''A homelike atmosphere'' is the goal at the Metro East Detention Centre, says architect Istvan Lendvay
''A homelike atmosphere'' is the goal at the Metro East Detention Centre, says architect Istvan Lendvay
9/27/1976
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
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