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Special Committee on Prison Labour
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The Special Committee on Prison Labour was established in 1907 with J.P. Downey as chair.
The committee recommended that the current facilities of the Central Prison be abandoned in favour of a rural location that could be used as a prison farm and reformatory.
The committee issued its final report in 1907.
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The Special Committee on Prison Labour examined the issue of the use of prison labour in Ontario. It was created following a speech in the House by W.J. Hanna, the Provincial Secretary on the value of productive labour as a reforming influence on prisoners.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Records of the Archives of Ontario, Series RG 49-100, Report of the Special Committee on Prison Labour.
Inventory 89 - Series RG 18-502
Maintenance notes
Not found in Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792- 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992
Archivist(s):
R. Anger