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

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

Date8/22/1959

Names

Ontario Reformatory (subject)

Sharp, Andy (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: The 410 rebellious prisoners spent the night in the compound to ''cool off'' after yesterday's rioting which sent two guards to hospital. Ringleaders were locked in solitary confinement or sent to maximum security jail.

Subject

Correctional institutions

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Guelph

Province or state:Ontario

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-235

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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

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

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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

7/7/1952

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

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

7/7/1952

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

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

7/7/1952

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

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

7/7/1952

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

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

8/8/1925

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

7/5/1929

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

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

9/30/1933

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

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Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

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

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

7/8/1952

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

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