"Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" found 22 records

Oakalla Prison fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1953

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 6 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Oakalla Prison Farm, including administrative correspondence related to staff appointments and wages, and a staff shortage when employees left to fight in World War I. The records pertain only to staffmembers of the prison and are not directly related to any…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1953

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison fonds

Physical Description: 6 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: Fonds

Record No.: 66669

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2022-13

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Oakalla Prison Farm, including administrative correspondence related to staff appointments and wages, and a staff shortage when employees left to fight in World War I. The records pertain only to staffmembers of the prison and are not directly related to any prison inmates.

History: The Oakalla Prison Farm was a model prison farm on 185 acres (75 ha) of land next to Deer Lake, Burnaby. The Oakalla Prison Farm was a full-service facility that originally opened on September 2, 1912, and was initially designed to hold 150 men and women. The first inmate was William Daley, sentenced on July 31, 1912 to serve a year of hard labor for stealing some fountain pens valued at over $10. By April 30, 1913, some 328 prisoners had passed through the jail's doors. In 1916, the women's section officially opened, and in 1942, the women's unit opened on the grounds as a separate facility. It was renamed as the "Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women" in 1979. The original women's unit was expanded in 1953, and consisted of two cottage-style buildings. By the 1950s, the population was well over 1000. As a working farm, the prison had its own dairy, vegetable gardens, and livestock. Executions in British Columbia were primarily carried out in Oakalla; after 1919, it was the sole penitentiary where executions took place. The first execution was that of 25 year-old Alex Ignace on August 29, 1919. 44 prisoners were executed by hanging at Oakalla from 1919 until the death penalty was abolished in 1959. In 1959, the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla, with the hanging of former sailor Leo Mantha, aged 33. Oakalla was also one of the locations that undertook the experiment of performing cosmetic surgery on inmates to remove deformities that made prisoners "more likely to offend". The experiment was led by Dr. Edward Lewison, and continued into the mid-1960s. Procedures were conducted on 450 inmates, voluntarily. In 1970, the prison was renamed as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre (LMRCC) The farm portion of the prison, providing work for the inmates and food in the prison, closed in 1979 and 64 acres of land were transferred to the City of Burnaby. This land was included in the existing Deer Lake Park that was adjacent to the prison. Originally designed to house a maximum of 484 prisoners, Oakalla's population peaked in 1962-1963 at 1,269 inmates. With population averages of over 600, overcrowding was always a problem. In the institution's final years, two nationally-spotlighted events occurred. 13 maximum security prisoners escaped on New Year's Day, 1988, following an uprising on December 27, 1987, and on November 22, 1983, a violent and costly riot took place. Rioters caused more than $150,000 damage in a two-day spree. Oakalla was closed down on June 30, 1991, and was developed into a new residential housing development and an expansion of the park. Prisoners from Oakalla were then moved to various other Correctional Facilities in British Columbia, including but not limited to the Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre (VPSC), the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (FRCC), and the Alouette Regional Correctional Centre (ARCC), later Alouette Correctional Centre for Women. Source: https://wikimapia.org/8004045/Former-site-Lower-Mainland-Correctional-Centre-Oakalla-Prison-Farm Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakalla_Prison

Media Type: Textual Record

Oakalla Prison Farm papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original) -1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original) -1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies of "British Columbia / Gaol Rules & Regulations / 1912" and photocopied aerial photographs of the site.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Included in the file is a resume for former Oakalla prison guard Robert Evans Shelly

Drug rehabilitation papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1966]-1968

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the 'Panabode' or N.D.T.U. (Narcotic Drug Treatment Unit) programme of rehabilitation at Oakalla Prison Farm dated 1968. Also included in the file is a photocopied report entitled, "Philosophy of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" written ca. 1966.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1966]-1968

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the 'Panabode' or N.D.T.U. (Narcotic Drug Treatment Unit) programme of rehabilitation at Oakalla Prison Farm dated 1968. Also included in the file is a photocopied report entitled, "Philosophy of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" written ca. 1966.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Plan of Organization Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 12, 1972

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: Item is the "Plan of Organization / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" which includes; total staff organizational charts, job descriptions of all staff positions (except for those of Warden, Medical Officer and Chaplains), types of shift schedules along with the Warden's general directiv…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 12, 1972

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS120-012

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: Item is the "Plan of Organization / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" which includes; total staff organizational charts, job descriptions of all staff positions (except for those of Warden, Medical Officer and Chaplains), types of shift schedules along with the Warden's general directives.

Media Type: Textual Record

Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Authority to Sign Agreement to Lease

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 18448

Meeting Date: 16-Jun-1975

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 43

Item No.: 22

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 18448

Meeting Date: 16-Jun-1975

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 43

Item No.: 22

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 18448

16-Jun-1975 Meeting Minutes

BCGEU Protestors

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two members of the BC Government Employees Union, holding a large sign protesting wage and price controls outside the gates of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-329

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two members of the BC Government Employees Union, holding a large sign protesting wage and price controls outside the gates of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).

Subjects: Protests and Demonstrations; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Norton, Paul

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent; 5700 Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Images

BCGEU Protestors

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a group of BC Government Employees demonstrating against wage and price controls outside the fence of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 14, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-330

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a group of BC Government Employees demonstrating against wage and price controls outside the fence of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 5700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent).

Subjects: Protests and Demonstrations

Names: Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Norton, Paul

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent; 5700 Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Images

Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-471

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.

Names: Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Gardiner, Robert

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Oakalla

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a close-up of Oakalla Prison Farm, across Deer Lake, with canoeists in the foreground.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-473

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a close-up of Oakalla Prison Farm, across Deer Lake, with canoeists in the foreground.

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Gardiner, Robert

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Images

Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre - Main Gate

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 3, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the main gate of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 4700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent). The Centre, commonly called Oakalla, was built around 1911.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 3, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-547

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the main gate of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre at 4700 Royal Oak Avenue (later 5220 Oakmount Crescent). The Centre, commonly called Oakalla, was built around 1911.