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

Picture, 1979
Prisoner hands in meat cleaver to guard

Picture, 1952
Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them

Picture, 1952
Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days

Picture, 1959
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
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
Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

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
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
This is the Lindsay County Jail where Mrs. Jean McAllister is prisoner pending hearing on the charge of murder of her husband. Prisoners cut away ivy vines that extended to the third-storey windows yesterday.

Picture, 1948

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