They may not look it, but these buildings are a jail. Toronto Municipal Farm for Men opened at Falstaff (now Thornhill) in 1912 and closed in 1939 (it was converted to a hospital). It housed short-term inmates who worked on the farm during their sentences (84/96)

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They may not look it, but these buildings are a jail. Toronto Municipal Farm for Men opened at Falstaff (now Thornhill) in 1912 and closed in 1939 (it was converted to a hospital). It housed short-term inmates who worked on the farm during their sentences
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