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Only once in 50 years was this strap used on a prisoner in Gore Bay jail
Only once in 50 years was this strap used on a prisoner in Gore Bay jail

Only once in 50 years was this strap used on a prisoner in Gore Bay jail

Date4/12/1944
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Original Toronto Star caption: Only once in 50 years was this strap used on a prisoner in Gore Bay jail. Sheriff Walter I. Wagg holds the strap; which is now obsolete in Ontario jails.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011272F
      Don Jail's superintendent Gerald Whitehead says rehabilitation there is difficult because prisoners are brought to the Don for only a short time
      Don Jail's superintendent Gerald Whitehead says rehabilitation there is difficult because prisoners are brought to the Don for only a short time
      Goode, Jeff
      5/28/1971
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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(...)
      Brennan, Pat
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      Banana split he used to dream about in prison tasted fantastic to Arthur Meunier, 52, who spent most of last 41 years in jails in Canada and U.S. He w(...)
      Dutton, Don
      3/22/1977
      Once I only had 50 cents a day to feed the family
      Once I only had 50 cents a day to feed the family
      Dickenson, Shirley Leach
      7/30/1960
      No more secrets: When Ray Found, 71, of Ajax heard Pickering Beach School might be demolished, he revealed that two straps, now 60 years old, were hidden under floorboards
      No more secrets: When Ray Found, 71, of Ajax heard Pickering Beach School might be demolished, he revealed that two straps, now 60 years old, were hidden under floorboards
      Russell, Jim
      4/19/1983
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      Leap-year baby Lanalee Jane Wells, whose parents are David and Donna, may be protesting the fact that her birthday will come only once in four years. (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      2/29/1976
      Stunt man John Berger has been following the call of his trade for the last 15 years and only once has he been badly injured. He's shown in CBC combat gear
      Stunt man John Berger has been following the call of his trade for the last 15 years and only once has he been badly injured. He's shown in CBC combat gear
      Norris, Dave
      7/29/1970
      Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards and picket the jail, which has a full house of 700 prisoners. Thirt(...)
      Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards and picket the jail, which has a full house of 700 prisoners. Thirt(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      12/30/1967
      Arriving today for the inquest into the deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of t(...)
      Arriving today for the inquest into the deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of t(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/10/1977
      Arriving today for the inquest into th deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of th(...)
      Arriving today for the inquest into th deaths of five prisoners in Stratford jail fire last December are two jail officials and relatives of one of th(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/10/1977
      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.
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      Slaughter, Mike
      7/13/1977
      Brigadier Cyril Everitt of the Salvation Army counsels a youthful prisoner in the Don jail
      Brigadier Cyril Everitt of the Salvation Army counsels a youthful prisoner in the Don jail
      Salvation Army
      n.d.