Construction of the Toronto South Detention Centre. Alex McClelland is a member of the Prison Moratorium Action Coalition. In this guest opinion piece he looks at the construction of a new “superjail” in Etobicoke. Across the country there has been a statistical decline in crime rates since 1999. The federal government’s own data says that [...]

A little over two months ago, the Night at the Big House rave—which was to be held at the Old Don Jail—was cancelled at the eleventh hour. It was supposed to be the first of many functions held at the jail whose proceeds would benefit the Bridgepoint Foundation, but due to licensing issues between Bridgepoint [...]

The “Night In The Big House @ THE DON JAIL,” scheduled for tonight, was to be the rave of the season. But a note posted to the Facebook event page on Thursday morning called it off: “As of 10am on Thursday, June 04, 2009 the Ontario Realty Corporation, an arm of the provincial government and [...]

Central rotunda with snake and serpent brackets supporting walkways. At 9 a.m. on Saturday—one full hour before the notorious Don Jail opened its heavy, ominous doors to the public for the first time in thirty years—hundreds of curious visitors were already camped out at the back entrance, chomping at the bit to get inside. Thanks [...]