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William skinner: Bank robber belongs to the elite group that dominates prison life.

Picture, 1991

Bank robber Ralph Phillips is tired of prison life and wants to get out and share a life with his with his wife of 15 months.

Picture, 1991

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

Picture, 1947

It will soon be just a memory for Gifford Chard; who has spent 23 years as a correctional officer at Toronto (Don) Jail. Chard; shown opening doors with his oversized keys; will be transferred to another institution next January when 19th-century jail is closed. The jail; known not too affectionately as the Don; has been a landmark at Gerrard St. and Broadview Ave. since it was opened in 1865. The government plans to demolish it.

Picture, 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 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.

Picture, 1974

Prisons - Mexico

Picture, 1976

Prisoners in mexican jail have set up a crafts shop to raise money to help buy food and clothing. Canadian and U.S. prisoners are on a hunger strike in Mexico City's Santa Marta Prison to try to get the government to grant parole to drug offenders. The Mexican penal code prohibits parole for such offenders; but legislation to make them eligible was introduced in Mexican congress during past term. Prisoners are angry because Mexico is no nearer to freeing them.

Picture, 1976

Face of misery: The bearded figure above the sweeping entrance bears that disquieting moniker. The grand doorway was structured to make entrants feel small.

Picture, 1993

Prisoners without lawyers may damage their defence irreparably by statements they make to police; says Walter Pitman. Above; a matron hands coffee to a woman held overnight at station No. 13 on Markham St.

Picture, 1971

Prisons - Mexico

Picture, 1976

Prisons - Mexico

Picture, 1976

Death watch: Arthur Lucas; far left; and Ronald Turpin; left; spent their last hours in cells on Death Row in Toronto's Don Jail; above; before being hanged on Dec. 11; 1962.

Picture, 1987

10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison official today. Police said the escapers were dangerous; and some had been convicted of robbery with violence. Their break for freedom followed a marijuana-smoling party in a prison dormitory. The escape was just after midnight.

Picture, 1978

Prisons - Mexico

Picture, 1976

Prisons - Mexico

Picture, Date Unknown

Meaningful work: Putting together chairs; such as this one; for use in various government ministries helps inmates at Mimico pass the time beneficially. Work reduces tension and helps pay back society; prison officials say.

Picture, 1991

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.

Picture, 1974

It's still not homey; but a vast improvement over the old facilities; says Patrol Sgt. Gladys Jolly as she inspects the new detention cells for women opened Monday at old city hall. They are across the hall from the courtroom.

Picture, 1972

Prisons - Mexico

Picture, 1976

Salt and Pepper team: Chris Hillick; right; Salt; and John Hypolite; Pepper; leaders of the inmates committee at Collins Bay penitentiary; do their best to cool tense situations.

Picture, 1986

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William skinner: Bank robber belongs to the elite group that dominates prison life.

Bank robber Ralph Phillips is tired of prison life and wants to get out and share a life with his with his wife of 15 months.

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

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.

Prisons - Mexico

Face of misery: The bearded figure above the sweeping entrance bears that disquieting moniker. The grand doorway was structured to make entrants feel small.

Prisoners without lawyers may damage their defence irreparably by statements they make to police; says Walter Pitman. Above; a matron hands coffee to a woman held overnight at station No. 13 on Markham St.

Prisons - Mexico

Prisons - Mexico

Death watch: Arthur Lucas; far left; and Ronald Turpin; left; spent their last hours in cells on Death Row in Toronto's Don Jail; above; before being hanged on Dec. 11; 1962.

Prisons - Mexico

Prisons - Mexico

Meaningful work: Putting together chairs; such as this one; for use in various government ministries helps inmates at Mimico pass the time beneficially. Work reduces tension and helps pay back society; prison officials say.

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.

It's still not homey; but a vast improvement over the old facilities; says Patrol Sgt. Gladys Jolly as she inspects the new detention cells for women opened Monday at old city hall. They are across the hall from the courtroom.

Prisons - Mexico

Salt and Pepper team: Chris Hillick; right; Salt; and John Hypolite; Pepper; leaders of the inmates committee at Collins Bay penitentiary; do their best to cool tense situations.

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