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Administration building commenced in 1933. Due in part to the Depression and the Second World War, this building was left in a partially completed state for many years. The 1877 Administration Building and the South Gate, the last survivors of the original prison structures, were demolished in the late 1960s, and Stony Mountain’s origins are not readily apparent in the modern facility of today.
528:(aka "The Flying Bandit") pled guilty in 1958 to two bank robberies, and was given a 12-year sentence to be served at Stony Mountain Penitentiary, near his family in Winnipeg. He was released on parole towards the end of 1961, after just 3.5 years, and was described by Stony’s warden as a ‘model prisoner’.
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Bedson proved to be an innovative and progressive warden. A system was devised whereby prisoners could communicate their needs to guards without breaking the rule of silence. A four-foot white wand painted black on one end (for ordinary needs) and red on the other (for emergency use) was utilized. He
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Mountain Penitentiary, where he remained until 25 July 1983. For that entire period, he was kept in segregation, meaning that he was in a cell that measured 1.7 by 3.0 metres (5.5 ft × 10 ft) for 23 hours a day, every day. While this may have been for his own protection, the
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The entrance to the institution was via the "South Gate"—a handsome two-storey structure that controlled vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The need for additional cell space led to the construction of wings off the main cell-block throughout the 1920s. The building of a new facility to replace the
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Manitoba. About 40 new positions were created with the addition of the maximum-security wing. The maximum unit at Stony Mountain Institution was completed and inmates were placed there in 2014.
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also emerged as a noted prison reformer. He placed high value on religious and educational programs, and spiritual and educational needs were emphasized from the very beginning. Bedson also instituted an early system of inmate wages and parole.
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The site's isolated location and lack of available building materials proved a challenge to the construction process. Stone for the windowsills and the corners was quarried at Lower Fort Garry, dressed and hauled overland during the winter.
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conditions were harsh. During the one-hour per day that he was let out of his cell for exercise and a shower, there was no allotted place of exercise; he obtained his exercise outside in a narrow courtyard alone, apart from prison guards.
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was wrongfully convicted in 1981 of the murder of
Barbara Stoppel; he was acquitted on appeal in 1985, and conclusively exonerated by DNA evidence in 2000. On the 18 April 1983, he was transferred from the
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were all wrongfully convicted of treason and were imprisoned in the Stony
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The original heating system, based on an
English model, proved inadequate and the winter of 1877/78 proved very harsh for both staff and inmates. This situation was alleviated by the installation of a
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was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Perry Harder in 1991, and served a total of 12 years in Stony Mountain Institution for
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271:Canada's Confederation
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