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Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.

Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.

Date9/2/1991
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0130982F
      The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
      The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
      Bryden, Marion, 1918-2013
      4/29/1985
      A lot of time is spent watching television as young offenders wait for their sentences to expire
      A lot of time is spent watching television as young offenders wait for their sentences to expire
      Gower, Patti
      1/1/1989
      Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails
      Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/25/1974
      A tough job: Sally Boyles, left, is chaplain at the Vanier Centre in Brampton, where she deals with the problems and sufferings of the women offenders at the provincial institution
      A tough job: Sally Boyles, left, is chaplain at the Vanier Centre in Brampton, where she deals with the problems and sufferings of the women offenders at the provincial institution
      Beaty, Keith
      12/3/1985
      Brigadier Ernest Hutchinson Counsels at Toronto City Hall Jail, Salvation Army early championed Parole for first offenders
      Brigadier Ernest Hutchinson Counsels at Toronto City Hall Jail, Salvation Army early championed Parole for first offenders
      Geo, Mario
      1/15/1965
      Paying the price: George McFarlance introduced restitution program in which offenders repay their victims. More than $102,000 has been returned.
      Paying the price: George McFarlance introduced restitution program in which offenders repay their victims. More than $102,000 has been returned.
      Russell
      11/24/1982
      Victory costs $10. Controller William Archer, whose campaign to have wording on parking tickets make clear the offenders has five working days to pay (...)
      Victory costs $10. Controller William Archer, whose campaign to have wording on parking tickets make clear the offenders has five working days to pay (...)
      Archer, William
      1/16/1964
      Young offenders spend up to 10 hours behind bars every day, locked away in a special unit
      Young offenders spend up to 10 hours behind bars every day, locked away in a special unit
      Stuparyk, Michael
      10/12/1988
      Poor old mom, says Mary Astafooroff, right, who at age 60 has spent 14 years of her life in jail and has just returned from serving a month for rioting
      Poor old mom, says Mary Astafooroff, right, who at age 60 has spent 14 years of her life in jail and has just returned from serving a month for rioting
      Mahler, John
      5/10/1975
      Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
      Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/9/1990
      Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders.
      Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/12/1987
      David Cole: Defence lawyer says dealing with repeat offenders doesn't bother him
      David Cole: Defence lawyer says dealing with repeat offenders doesn't bother him
      Cole, David
      3/27/1981