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Shotgun at ready and with axe handles as clubs, the guard and his comrades are on the alert for new disturbances as the Guelph riot ended on a single command from superintendent, Gerald Wright

Picture, 1952

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory

Picture, 1948

This pretty landscape work was done by prisoners at the Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario

Picture, 1929

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory

Picture, 1953

Guelph Reformatory riots

Picture, 1952

A beauty spot along the Guelph Highway at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph

Picture, 1925

Guelph Reformatory

Picture, 1953

Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right

Picture, 1952

Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher. An estimated 600 of the 931 inmates took part in the outbreak armed with knives, chunks of concrete, iron pipes and bowling pins

Picture, 1952

Inmates of the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph have made this beauty spot where formerly ran a weedy little stream

Picture, 1933

Aerial view of Guelph Reformatory

Picture, 1948

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

Lots of muscle: An inmate at Guelph Correctional Centre shows off the strength he uses to pry apart jaws of steer skulls at work at Better Beef Ltd., a private packing firm operating on the grounds of the reformatory. The inmate is one of 48 inmates who work each day with 120 civilian employees at the abattoir. He earns $350 a week for his labors.

Picture, 1982

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

Picture, 1952

Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

Picture, 1959

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

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Shotgun at ready and with axe handles as clubs, the guard and his comrades are on the alert for new disturbances as the Guelph riot ended on a single command from superintendent, Gerald Wright

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

Guelph Reformatory

This pretty landscape work was done by prisoners at the Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory

Guelph Reformatory riots

A beauty spot along the Guelph Highway at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph

Guelph Reformatory

Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right

Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher. An estimated 600 of the 931 inmates took part in the outbreak armed with knives, chunks of concrete, iron pipes and bowling pins

Inmates of the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph have made this beauty spot where formerly ran a weedy little stream

Aerial view of Guelph Reformatory

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

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