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Mercer - 100 girls riot; protest treatment

Picture, 1948
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Institutions - Mercer Reformatory

Picture, 1969
Degrading and inhuman were two of the descriptions used to describe the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women on King near Dufferin St. Wreckers are tearing the place down and it's costing more to raze it than it did to build it. Aside from the regular cells shown here there were windowless dungeon cells. The residents of Mercer were transferred to Brampton's Vanier Centre on April 3.

Picture, 1969
Dentention cells in the basement of Mercer Reformatory are toured by government officials and members of the press. These are five-by-seven windowless cubicles with painted brick walls furnished only with iron beds and chamber pots. In foreground is lounge with television set.

Picture, 1964
Mercer Reformatory

Picture, 1914
Facing the press: Reform Institutions Minister Allan Grossman and Mercer Reformatory superintendent Mrs. Jean Burrows (extreme left) answer questions about Grand Jury charges against the 84-year-old institution at a press conference yesterday. Mr. Grossman admitted the Ontario government is not satisfied with the obviously outdated building at 1155 King St. W.

Picture, 1964
Several thousand dollars damage was done inclduing broken windows; in riot that started with sit-down strike. Girls tried to break down door to freedom; charged prisoners had received harsh treatment.

Picture, 1948
Stark; cramped cell is all too typical of the living quarters provided for inmates at Mercer Reformatory in Toronto. They are no larger than the stalls for horses at the CNE. Many are without windows and the girls try to brighten them up by putting small pictures on the walls.

Picture, 1964
Windowless cubicle in the basement of Mercer is a detention cell. Its only furnishings consist of an iron bed (without a mattress) and a chamber pot.

Picture, 1964
Mercer Reformatory, Toronto

Picture, 1948
Toronto's housing task force, under Alderman Michael Goldrick, is expected to recommend the banking for new homes of under-used or badly used land, such as the site of the old Mercer Reformatory, above. Report is expected to be presented later this month for council debate.

Picture, 1973