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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

Bright and clean: State-of-the-art control centre for new 80-man cell block at Warkworth

Date8/22/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bright and clean: State-of-the-art control centre for new 80-man cell block at Warkworth.
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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_0011352F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
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