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Grandview cell
Grandview cell

Grandview cell

Date5/2/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Grandview cell: A reform school resident reads in her cell in 1975; a year before the facility closed. When it had opened in 1933; Grandview was hailed as the embodiment of noble; modern intentions.
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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_0011262F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
Once rehabilitation program has been determined, girls may be directed to Grandview School
Once rehabilitation program has been determined, girls may be directed to Grandview School
1/31/1968
Innocent girls are locked up in Grandview School along with others guilty of crimes ranging from assault to shoplifting to prostitution
Innocent girls are locked up in Grandview School along with others guilty of crimes ranging from assault to shoplifting to prostitution
5/2/1975
Maximum security is imposed at Grandview School in Cambridge, Ont
Maximum security is imposed at Grandview School in Cambridge, Ont
5/2/1975
Mrs. George Crawford, a teacher at Grandview school, gives individual instruction to one of the girls in the science class. There's another school in (...)
Mrs. George Crawford, a teacher at Grandview school, gives individual instruction to one of the girls in the science class. There's another school in (...)
1/31/1968
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
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
Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
4/23/1971
In this forbidding jail at St. Joseph de Beauce, Lucille Boucher was kept in the cell which eight years ago housed a woman who murdered her husband by a combination of arsenic, witchcraft
In this forbidding jail at St. Joseph de Beauce, Lucille Boucher was kept in the cell which eight years ago housed a woman who murdered her husband by a combination of arsenic, witchcraft
1/13/1947
Bright and clean: State-of-the-art control centre for new 80-man cell block at Warkworth
Bright and clean: State-of-the-art control centre for new 80-man cell block at Warkworth
8/22/1991
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
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
11/19/1974
Cell in which 16-year-old Meredith Coleman was incarcerated is in Toronto Jail, the only place a judge can remand in custody those over 16 and under 18. There are options for those under 16
Cell in which 16-year-old Meredith Coleman was incarcerated is in Toronto Jail, the only place a judge can remand in custody those over 16 and under 18. There are options for those under 16
4/28/1974