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John Caulfield Primlent Don Jail Wards
John Caulfield Primlent Don Jail Wards

John Caulfield Primlent Don Jail Wards

Date1/9/1968
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125825F
Teenaged hero honored, David Belisle, 16, of Ward's Island holds a commendation given to him yesterday by the Toronto Harbor Commission for saving Jane Kan, 16, right, and another girl after they rode their tandem bicycle off a dock.
Teenaged hero honored, David Belisle, 16, of Ward's Island holds a commendation given to him yesterday by the Toronto Harbor Commission for saving Jane Kan, 16, right, and another girl after they rode their tandem bicycle off a dock.
1/24/1991
Dr. John Alan Lee, above, outside Don Jail, calls the institution a 19th century chamber of imminent terror.
Dr. John Alan Lee, above, outside Don Jail, calls the institution a 19th century chamber of imminent terror.
6/28/1977
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
7/13/1977
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
12/23/1990
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
9/13/1978
Ernest Hills: Witnessed Canada's last execution, in Don Jail in 1962.
Ernest Hills: Witnessed Canada's last execution, in Don Jail in 1962.
3/26/1987
John Couvell, 56. Retired from Canada Post, Couvell says affordable housing is his prime concern. He says council needs to address issues of children and women's safety, and he'd work to provide more job opportunities in the ward.
John Couvell, 56. Retired from Canada Post, Couvell says affordable housing is his prime concern. He says council needs to address issues of children and women's safety, and he'd work to provide more job opportunities in the ward.
10/27/1988
Riding high: Roger Hollander is hoisted on the shoulders of John Piner, left, and Bruce Cox after winning the by-election to fill the vacant Ward 7 seat on city council last night
Riding high: Roger Hollander is hoisted on the shoulders of John Piner, left, and Bruce Cox after winning the by-election to fill the vacant Ward 7 seat on city council last night
10/29/1987
Out of custody and back with the family of John Graham, the unemployed window-washer who helped him gain his freedom after he was committed to the Ontario Hospital, Harry Heard, 72, tells about his experiences as a ward of the government
Out of custody and back with the family of John Graham, the unemployed window-washer who helped him gain his freedom after he was committed to the Ontario Hospital, Harry Heard, 72, tells about his experiences as a ward of the government
6/13/1968
Out of Jail: Paul Rose, left, and Leonard Joyce are back on the streets after serving almost nine months in jail before being acquitted on a charge of attempting to murder a policeman
Out of Jail: Paul Rose, left, and Leonard Joyce are back on the streets after serving almost nine months in jail before being acquitted on a charge of attempting to murder a policeman
10/21/1987
A Visit to the Jail Cell where Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept
A Visit to the Jail Cell where Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept
11/18/1974
Bulgarian Stowaway seeks asylum, Ivan Dimov says he fled homeland after release from jail.
Bulgarian Stowaway seeks asylum, Ivan Dimov says he fled homeland after release from jail.
6/1/1972