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# Old Don Jail · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Old Don Jail

The former Don Jail was completed in 1864 with a capacity for 184 inmates.

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![Old Don Jail](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70B1XMGCREN0TSYQEQ11KDK) Photo: Nadiatalent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADon_Jail_building%2C_entrance%2C_winter.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

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## Why go

It is notorious for the last judicial hangings in Canada in 1962. Despite its grim history, the building is attractive architecturally, looking palatial over a broad green space, having been converted into an administrative building for the Bridgepoint Health complex in 2013. There are pamplets at the jail building entrances for a self-guided tour of the interior. Inside you will see the rotunda with a contemporary art displays, and a number of fixtures of the old jail. There is a preserved cell block.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Toronto/East_End)

## How to visit

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There are pamplets at the jail building entrances for a self-guided tour of the interior. [Source](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Toronto/East_End)

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