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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

Young offenders spend up to 10 hours behind bars every day, locked away in a special unit

Date10/12/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Young offenders spend up to 10 hours behind bars every day; locked away in a special unit.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011378F
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Home for life? The Kingston Prison for Women could become the permanent residence of Marlene Moore if she becomes Canada's first female 'dangerous offender.'
Home for life? The Kingston Prison for Women could become the permanent residence of Marlene Moore if she becomes Canada's first female 'dangerous offender.'
4/6/1978
Milheaven - guard in main control Tower geting his lunch with tow-rope - because he is locked inn untill shift changes
Milheaven - guard in main control Tower geting his lunch with tow-rope - because he is locked inn untill shift changes
10/21/1975
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
Released from Jail on $200 bond after spending 24 hours behind bars, Greek-born Makis Emanouilidis (left), 23, shakes hands with his lawyer Allan Mintz
Released from Jail on $200 bond after spending 24 hours behind bars, Greek-born Makis Emanouilidis (left), 23, shakes hands with his lawyer Allan Mintz
6/2/1970