Don Jail
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How to send mail, money, and visit Don Jail
Step-by-step guidance using the Canada system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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Background
The Don Jail was a jail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located to the east of the Don River, on Gerrard Street East in the Riverdale neighbourhood. The original building was completed in 1864 and was reopened in 2013 to serve as the administrative wing of Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, a rehabilitation hospital located adjacent to the jail. Prior to its adaptive reuse as part of a healthcare facility, the building was used as a provincial jail for remanded offenders and was officially known as the Toronto Jail. The jail originally had a capacity of 184 inmates, and it was separated into an east wing for the men and a west wing for the women.
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Capacity
550
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1864
Closed 2014
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Hennick Bridgepoint HospitalPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1864
Region
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Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
James Litterick1901 · politicianJames Litterick (born 15 July 1901; date of death unknown) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and was the first member of the Communist Party of Canada to be elected to that province's legislature.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Compared to other facilities in Canada
229 peersData completeness
26%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5292829)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Don Jail. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/don-jail
"Don Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/don-jail.
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