Reformatories : Bibliothèque de Référence Virtuelle

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

Picture, 1952

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 Grossman admitted the Ontario government is not satisfied with the obviously outdated building at 1155 King St. W.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

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

Picture, 1952

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

Picture, 1952

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

Mercer Reformatory, Toronto

Picture, 1948

Guelph Reformatory riot

Picture, 1952

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

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

Mercer - 100 girls riot; protest treatment

Picture, 1948

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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Picture, 1948

Guelph Reformatory

Picture, 1953

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

Wounded in battle, this prisoner is carried out of cell

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 guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

Picture, 1952

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

Picture, 1933

Guelph Reformatory riots

Picture, 1952

No locks on the doors…no bars on the windows at new women’s reformatory at Brampton

Picture, 1959

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

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

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

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

Mercer Reformatory, Toronto

Guelph Reformatory riot

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.

Mercer - 100 girls riot; protest treatment

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.

TS-2-125-GO-223

Guelph Reformatory

Wounded in battle, this prisoner is carried out of cell

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 guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

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

Guelph Reformatory riots

No locks on the doors…no bars on the windows at new women’s reformatory at Brampton

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