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Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)

Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)

Date4/22/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look like rooms in a boarding school. Arthur Meen, minister of correctional services, stands behind bars while John Walter, deputy superintendent, holds cell door. Individual cells in new $12 million East Metro Detention Centre have AM-FM radios, private toilets and sinks, writing desks, padded chairs and smoke detectors. Published in Toronto Star, 25 April 1977, page C1, with article ''$12 million 'humane' new jail is open''. (43.7263263, -79.2804471)
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Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Toronto East Detention Centre (Toronto, Ont.)||East Metro Detention Centre (Toronto, Ont.)
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:Civic Road
Historical location:Scarborough (Ont.)
Neighbourhood:Clairlea-Golden Mile
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 NumberTSPA_0011164F
Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
4/23/1971
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
11/19/1974
Metro West Detention Centre with Superintendent John Walter in two different cells/standing in the four unit cell and sitting in the two unit cell-
Metro West Detention Centre with Superintendent John Walter in two different cells/standing in the four unit cell and sitting in the two unit cell-
5/23/1986
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
1/6/1977
Milheaven - Cells Area
Milheaven - Cells Area
10/21/1975
Metro's first provincial jail-without-bars, to be called a community resource centre and run by the Ministry of Correctional Services, is to open this(...)
Metro's first provincial jail-without-bars, to be called a community resource centre and run by the Ministry of Correctional Services, is to open this(...)
10/17/1974
In this forbidding jail at St. Joseph de Beauce, Lucille Boucher was kept in the cell which eight years ago housed a woman who murdered her husband by a combination of arsenic, witchcraft
In this forbidding jail at St. Joseph de Beauce, Lucille Boucher was kept in the cell which eight years ago housed a woman who murdered her husband by a combination of arsenic, witchcraft
1/13/1947
Cell in which 16-year-old Meredith Coleman was incarcerated is in Toronto Jail, the only place a judge can remand in custody those over 16 and under 18. There are options for those under 16
Cell in which 16-year-old Meredith Coleman was incarcerated is in Toronto Jail, the only place a judge can remand in custody those over 16 and under 18. There are options for those under 16
4/28/1974
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
Jail cell Where 20-year-old Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept, 5 is opened by Richard Fleming, a correctional services officer, when an inquest ju(...)
Jail cell Where 20-year-old Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept, 5 is opened by Richard Fleming, a correctional services officer, when an inquest ju(...)
11/19/1974
Pastel-painted cell in the new jail has a clothes closet, desk and night table built in
Pastel-painted cell in the new jail has a clothes closet, desk and night table built in
9/27/1978
In the jailhouse now: Acting Superintendent James Crawford inspects the jail cell area corridor where new video cameras have been installed in order to keep a closer watch on prisoners
In the jailhouse now: Acting Superintendent James Crawford inspects the jail cell area corridor where new video cameras have been installed in order to keep a closer watch on prisoners
7/23/1984