Mercer Reformatory, Toronto

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Mercer Reformatory, Toronto

Date11/1/1948

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Mercer Reformatory, Toronto

Subject

Reformatories

Medium

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object NumberTSPA_0113814F

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Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Institutions - Mercer Reformatory

Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Institutions - Mercer Reformatory

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Stark, cramped cell is all too typical of the living quarters provided for inmates at Mercer Reformatory in Toronto

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Dentention cells in the basement of Mercer Reformatory are toured by government officials and members of the press

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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

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

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Guelph Reformatory riots

Guelph Reformatory riots

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1952-08

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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

Cole, Eric

7/7/1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

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

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

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

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New women's reformatory at Brampton

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