Abattoir News Articles

In the abattoir at Guelph Correctional Centre, inmates and civilians work at the cutting table preparing meat for correctional institutions and mental(...) – Results – Search Objects – Digital Archive Ontario

Original Toronto Star caption: In the abattoir at Guelph Correctional Centre; inmates and civilians work at the cutting table preparing meat for correctional institutions and mental hospitals. The inmates earn $5 a week. Under a new program they're being offered to private industry at regular salaries.

Lots of muscle – Results – Search Objects – Digital Archive Ontario

Original Toronto Star caption: Lots of muscle: An inmate at Guelph Correctional Centre shows off the strength he uses to pry apart jaws of steer skulls at work at Better Beef Ltd., a private packing firm operating on the grounds of the reformatory. The inmate is one of 48 inmates who work each day with 120 civilian employees at the abattoir. He earns $350 a week for his labors.