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This correctional facility in the Rural Municipality of Headingley was designed by Winnipeg architectural firm of Pratt and Ross and built between 1929 and 1930 by St. Boniface-based contractor J. L. Guay.
In the centre of the complex was the two-storey administration building that housed offices for the complex and the receiving room that prisoners would be brought to when they first came to the facility along with medical rooms, governor’s office, chief turnkey’s quarters, laundry room, and work rooms. The three-storey east and west blocks contains the cells for the prisoners with 56 cells on each floor, 448 cells in total. The end of the west block contained the death cells and the execution room. The complex also contained a auditorium building.
Superintendents
Period |
Superintendent |
1929-1938 |
John Crawford Downie (1864-1942) |
1938-1946 |
Royal Burritt (1876-1962) |
1946-1955 |
Staff Sargeant Edward Weeks |
1955-1968 |
Sargeant Sidney H. B. Littlewood |
1968-1970 |
William Ellis Lawson (c1912-1970) |
1970-1973 |
Reverend Eric G. Cox |
1973-1975 |
Douglas Henry Walter “Doug” Lawrence (1926-2015) |
1975-1977 |
John Michael Gillingham |
1977-1980 |
Alvin H. Carruthers |
1980-1981 |
Reginald A. Forester |
1981-1983 |
Albert Stuart |
1983-1984 |
Paul Levielle - Acting |
1984-1988 |
Reginald A. Forester |
1988-1992 |
Denis B. Lemoine |
1992-1996 |
Lawrence Robert “Larry” Krocker (1948-2004) |
1996 |
Denis B. Lemoine |
1996-1997 |
Reginald A. Forester |
1997-2001 |
James Ross |
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Headingley Gaol Cemetery (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Industrial Farm / Prison Farm (RM of Reynolds)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central Judicial District Gaol and Courthouse (20 Third Street SE, Portage la Prairie)
Manitoba Business: Pratt and Ross
Memorable Manitobans: J. L. Guay (?-?)
Sources:
“Plans for new provincial jail,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 July 1929, page 7.
“Govt. accepts $198,991 tender,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 July 1929, page 2.
Turnkey to Case Manager: The Professionalisation of the Correctional Officer Headingley Correctional Institution, Manitoba, 1930-1996 by Christian J. R Stansfield, MA Thesis, University of Manitoba, 2001. Appendix B / page 155.
We thank Lois Braun, Nathan Kramer, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 November 2022
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