Burnaby, Italy
The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre or LMRCC) was a model prison farm on 185 acres (75 ha) of land next to Deer Lake, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was initially designed to hold 150 men and women. In
1916, the women's section officially opened, and in 1942 the woman's unit, being a whole separate facility opened on the grounds. This was renamed to the "Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women" in 1979. The original woman's unit was expanded in 1953, and consisted of two cottage style buildings. By the 1950s, the population was well over 1000. As a working farm, the prison had its own dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. Executions in British Columbia were primarily carried out in Oakalla, with it being the only location after 1919. with 44 prisoners hanged at Oakalla between 1919 and 1959. In 1959 the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla, with former sailor Leo Mantha aged 33 being hanged. Oakalla was also one of the locations that undertook the experiment of performing cosmetic surgery on inmates to remove deformities that made prisoners "more likely to offend"....
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