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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.

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.

Date12/23/1990
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  • 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.
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      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.
      Slaughter, Mike
      7/13/1977
      Toronto's old don jail degrading, if not medieval Jurors urge more creature comforts to make conditions bearable for inmates
      Toronto's old don jail degrading, if not medieval Jurors urge more creature comforts to make conditions bearable for inmates
      Spremo, Boris
      9/30/1974
      Met fans in van: North Stars player Dino Ciccarelli is released from the Toronto (con) jail after arriving in a police van in which he gave other inmates his autograph
      Met fans in van: North Stars player Dino Ciccarelli is released from the Toronto (con) jail after arriving in a police van in which he gave other inmates his autograph
      Ciccarelli, Dino, 1960-
      8/24/1988
      Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
      Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
      Bull, Ron
      2/15/1973
      After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs
      After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs
      Stuparyk, Michael
      7/21/1982
      Helping out: Nick Renda of Scarborough spends part of his Thanksgiving breaks yesterday sorting Daily Bread Food Bank donations at the CNE Horticulture Building
      Helping out: Nick Renda of Scarborough spends part of his Thanksgiving breaks yesterday sorting Daily Bread Food Bank donations at the CNE Horticulture Building
      Goode, Jeff
      10/7/1990
      Awaiting parole: Peter Demeter, convicted in the killing of his wife 10 years ago, gets into car in Peterborough, where he spends part of his time in a halfway house
      Awaiting parole: Peter Demeter, convicted in the killing of his wife 10 years ago, gets into car in Peterborough, where he spends part of his time in a halfway house
      Cooper, David
      7/17/1983
      Not enough: George Petrie, who spends about $5,200 a year for day care for his son Thomas, says the proposed $3,000 tax credit is inadequate
      Not enough: George Petrie, who spends about $5,200 a year for day care for his son Thomas, says the proposed $3,000 tax credit is inadequate
      Spremo, Boris
      3/30/1987
      Vanier - inmates walk freely about grounds between cottages - on their way to supper with one of the cottages that house inmates behind. - 96 acres of land
      Vanier - inmates walk freely about grounds between cottages - on their way to supper with one of the cottages that house inmates behind. - 96 acres of land
      Gower, Patti
      3/15/1995
      Inmates call this death row in the jail at Stratford
      Inmates call this death row in the jail at Stratford
      Spremo, Boris
      1/6/1977
      After seeing films of the re-creation of the Stratford jail fire, Sid Bradley (left), 23, brother of one of the five inmates who died in blaze last De(...)
      After seeing films of the re-creation of the Stratford jail fire, Sid Bradley (left), 23, brother of one of the five inmates who died in blaze last De(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/10/1977
      Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
      Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
      Beaty, Keith
      8/1/1973