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Ex-convicts Frank (left) and Jim help Harold King (right) decorate Christmas tree at farm where King helps men just released from prison prepare for return to normal society
Ex-convicts Frank (left) and Jim help Harold King (right) decorate Christmas tree at farm where King helps men just released from prison prepare for return to normal society

Ex-convicts Frank (left) and Jim help Harold King (right) decorate Christmas tree at farm where King helps men just released from prison prepare for return to normal society

Date12/19/1972
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059923F
Harold king, who runs a rural halfway house for convicts just released from prison, worries that failure of some convicts to respond to help could dam(...)
Harold king, who runs a rural halfway house for convicts just released from prison, worries that failure of some convicts to respond to help could dam(...)
12/19/1972
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
3/6/1985
After 4 days as hostage of rebellious convicts at Kingston Penitentiary, prison guard Kerry Bushell, 25, strolls hand-in-hand with his wife down King (...)
After 4 days as hostage of rebellious convicts at Kingston Penitentiary, prison guard Kerry Bushell, 25, strolls hand-in-hand with his wife down King (...)
4/19/1971
Members of citizens' committee hearing grievances of the 500 rebellious convicts at Kingston penitentiary return to the prison last night for further (...)
Members of citizens' committee hearing grievances of the 500 rebellious convicts at Kingston penitentiary return to the prison last night for further (...)
4/17/1971
About 100 Jones Ave. residents turned out yesterday to protest plans by the John Howard Society to open a halfway house for ex-convicts on the street.(...)
About 100 Jones Ave. residents turned out yesterday to protest plans by the John Howard Society to open a halfway house for ex-convicts on the street.(...)
5/17/1985
A tall order: Mike Crosby, owner of Erin Tree Farm in Erin Township, shoulders a Scotch pine Christmas tree and prepares it for shipment. His pay-and-cut farm is on Concession 10, 4 kilometres north of Highway 24.
A tall order: Mike Crosby, owner of Erin Tree Farm in Erin Township, shoulders a Scotch pine Christmas tree and prepares it for shipment. His pay-and-cut farm is on Concession 10, 4 kilometres north of Highway 24.
11/25/1990
Now, They're looking forward to Christmas with happy smiles, as family of General Morotrs worker Tom Simmons decorates Christmas tree
Now, They're looking forward to Christmas with happy smiles, as family of General Morotrs worker Tom Simmons decorates Christmas tree
12/16/1970
10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison offici(...)
10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison offici(...)
2/13/1978
Prison-made banners flutter from barred cell windows of Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday as 500 rebellious convicts hold the centre block, with five (...)
Prison-made banners flutter from barred cell windows of Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday as 500 rebellious convicts hold the centre block, with five (...)
4/19/1971
Sure, It's Harder for a convict to work than to stay in jail, but in long run it's better, says Jim Sharp himself an ex-con and now director of Standford House, where five such men live
Sure, It's Harder for a convict to work than to stay in jail, but in long run it's better, says Jim Sharp himself an ex-con and now director of Standford House, where five such men live
7/5/1978
King stuffers: Frank and Mary Gallagher prepare for a busy Christmas their quadruplets (from left) Emma, Michael, Louise and Katie
King stuffers: Frank and Mary Gallagher prepare for a busy Christmas their quadruplets (from left) Emma, Michael, Louise and Katie
12/18/1991
Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
9/13/1971