Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Toronto Jail (more commonly known as The Don, or The Don Jail) is a provincial jail for remanded offenders in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Riverdale neighbourhood on Gerrard Street East near its intersection with Broadview Avenue. It gets its nickname from the nearby Don River. One reason for the popular use of "The Don" nickname is that this jail was the third or fourth to be known as the Toronto Jail. The Toronto Central Prison was also colloquially known as the Toronto Jail, as were the King Street Gaols. Ironically, The Don is the only jail to have been officially designated the Toronto Jail, yet has rarely been referred to as such outside official circles. The original Don Gaol building closed in 1977 and is now owned by Bridgepoint Health which has begun renovation of the building as a new administration building scheduled to open in spring 2013. The adjoining Toronto Jail building (also known as the east wing) remained operational until a new facility, the Toronto South Detention Centre, was completed on the site of the former Mimico Correctional Centre. The Toronto Jail was empty as of December 31, 2013 and formally decommissioned on January 6, 2014 at which point the property was transferred to Bridgepoint Active Health and demolished in March and April. The old Don Jail which was taken over by Bridgepoint in 2013; its architecture was retained and has become the administration building for the new hospital on the same property.. }
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- Don_Jail abstract "The Toronto Jail (more commonly known as The Don, or The Don Jail) is a provincial jail for remanded offenders in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Riverdale neighbourhood on Gerrard Street East near its intersection with Broadview Avenue. It gets its nickname from the nearby Don River. One reason for the popular use of "The Don" nickname is that this jail was the third or fourth to be known as the Toronto Jail. The Toronto Central Prison was also colloquially known as the Toronto Jail, as were the King Street Gaols. Ironically, The Don is the only jail to have been officially designated the Toronto Jail, yet has rarely been referred to as such outside official circles. The original Don Gaol building closed in 1977 and is now owned by Bridgepoint Health which has begun renovation of the building as a new administration building scheduled to open in spring 2013. The adjoining Toronto Jail building (also known as the east wing) remained operational until a new facility, the Toronto South Detention Centre, was completed on the site of the former Mimico Correctional Centre. The Toronto Jail was empty as of December 31, 2013 and formally decommissioned on January 6, 2014 at which point the property was transferred to Bridgepoint Active Health and demolished in March and April. The old Don Jail which was taken over by Bridgepoint in 2013; its architecture was retained and has become the administration building for the new hospital on the same property.".