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Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

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

Picture, 1959

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

Wounded in battle, this prisoner is carried out of cell

Picture, 1952

Guelph classroom

Picture, 1971

Guard hurls tear gas bomb through door into reformatory compound

Picture, 1952

Guelph Correctional Officer Pat McCabe opening barred door leading to cell blocks.

Picture, 1971

Prison official John Walker indicates the 9-by-18-inch window gap seven prisoners escaped through at Guelph

Picture, 1979

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 Grossman admitted the Ontario government is not satisfied with the obviously outdated building at 1155 King St. W.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

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

Picture, 1952

Guelph Reformatory

Picture, 1948

The stone canoe-a unique rock formation dug up at the Ontario Reformatory; Guelph; when they were beautifying the grounds of the model institution. It is shown here as it has been mounted; on another peculiarly shaped stone in the little stream that runs alongside the grounds; tumbling over miniature rocky chasms into placid pools that form a delightful feature of the landscaping.

Picture, 1933

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

Picture, 1952

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

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

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

Inmates of Guelph Correctional Centre talk with newsmen yesterday to deny charges by MPP Morton Shulman (NDP-High Park) that homosexuality; assaults and drug-taking have increased at the centre since rules were relaxed last year.

Picture, 1973

Guelph

Picture, 1979

Another collapsed prisoner is shown here while men at right in line have taken their shoes off for some relief

Picture, 1952

Entrance to Bowmanville Training School, Bowmanville, Ontario

Picture, 1941

In the abattoir at Guelph Correctional Centre; inmates and civilians work at the cutting table preparing meat for correctional institutions and mental hospitals. The inmates earn $5 a week. Under a new program they're being offered to private industry at regular salaries.

Picture, 1974

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Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

Hold-outs after riot was quelled after closely watched by guards armed with shotguns threatening the 200 if they again became unruly, violent after others surrendered

Guelph Reformatory riot

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

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

Wounded in battle, this prisoner is carried out of cell

Guelph classroom

Guard hurls tear gas bomb through door into reformatory compound

Guelph Correctional Officer Pat McCabe opening barred door leading to cell blocks.

Prison official John Walker indicates the 9-by-18-inch window gap seven prisoners escaped through at Guelph

On verge of collapse, two prisoners get a drink of water

Guelph Reformatory

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

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

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.

Inmates of Guelph Correctional Centre talk with newsmen yesterday to deny charges by MPP Morton Shulman (NDP-High Park) that homosexuality; assaults and drug-taking have increased at the centre since rules were relaxed last year.

Guelph

Another collapsed prisoner is shown here while men at right in line have taken their shoes off for some relief

Entrance to Bowmanville Training School, Bowmanville, Ontario

In the abattoir at Guelph Correctional Centre; inmates and civilians work at the cutting table preparing meat for correctional institutions and mental hospitals. The inmates earn $5 a week. Under a new program they're being offered to private industry at regular salaries.

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