 The restored facade of the Don Jail building in 2014 | |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Status | Closed |
| Security class | Short Term (Remand) |
| Capacity | 550 |
| Opened | 1864 (original jail) 1958 (east wing) |
| Closed | 1977 (original jail) 2013 (east wing) |
| Governor | George L. Allen (1864–1872) |
The Don Jail was a jail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located to the east of the Don River, on Gerrard Street East in the Riverdale neighbourhood. The original building was completed in 1864 and was reopened in 2013 to serve as the administrative wing of Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, a rehabilitation hospital located adjacent to the jail. Prior to its adaptive reuse as part of a healthcare facility, the building was used as a provincial jail for remanded offenders and was officially known as the Toronto Jail. The jail originally had a capacity of 184 inmates, and it was separated into an east wing for the men and a west wing for the women.[1]
- ^ Peppiatt, Liam. "Chapter 34: The Jails of the County". Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto Revisited. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-07-30.