Timeline of the Historic SDG Jail
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1833
The jail was constructed.
1835
The first escape: four prisoners escaped from the Jail and were never found.
1859
The Governor's Residence is added attached to the Jail.
1869
Two cell-blocks, nicknamed "Windowless" and "Hell's Angel's Wing" are added in accommodation of the rise of crime and population in the area.
1879
Clark Brown executed for mudering his father and sister at their home in Winchester.
1892
James Slavin executed for shooting and killing a citizen and Cst. Davey.
1919
John Vergryniuk executed for shooting & killing Worzye Tomaszewski after a bar fight.
1925
Thomas Collison executed for stalking and killing a young lady named Beatrice Thorpe.
1954
Peter Balcombe (left) executed & Henry Seguin (right) cheats the hangman by suicide.
1971
Jail modernized with toilets, showers, camera security systems, electronic locks. Also, the Governor is replaced by a non-resident superintendant.
1985
General population cell-block added, along with the female cell-block & Classification Officer's office.
1995
The last escape: inmate, Daryl Bolton, escape to visit his dying grandfather. He was caught within 50 minutes of leaving the jail.
2002
The Jail is decommissioned, remaining inmates were sent to Ottawa's penetienary.