▁it ." ▁The ▁j ury ▁also ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁re h abil itation ▁process ▁was ▁so ▁none x istent ▁that ▁" the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁institution ▁should ▁be ▁changed ▁to ▁j ail , ▁since ▁it ▁is ▁in ▁no ▁sense ▁a ▁reform ▁institution ." ▁Dun geon - like ▁bas ement ▁" bucket ▁cells " ▁used ▁for ▁solit ary ▁conf in ement ▁were ▁ 1 . 2 ▁metres ▁by ▁just ▁over ▁ 2 ▁metres , ▁with ▁no ▁windows ▁or ▁lights . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁grand ▁j ury ' s ▁report ▁was ▁challeng ed ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁by ▁the ▁Ontario ▁Minister ▁of ▁Reform ▁Institution s , ▁All an ▁G ross man , ▁Toronto ▁Star ▁rep orter ▁L otta ▁D emp sey ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁files ▁were ▁" full ▁of ▁stories ▁of ▁esc apes ▁from ▁Mer cer , ▁har sh ▁treatment ▁of ▁expect ant ▁moth ers , ▁ri ots ", ▁and ▁more . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁the ▁re format ory ▁was ▁closed , ▁officially ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Van ier ▁Centre ▁for ▁Women ▁in ▁Br am pton , ▁and ▁then ▁demol ished ▁later ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Today , ▁the ▁site ▁where ▁the ▁old ▁re format ory ▁existed ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁Alan ▁Lam port ▁Stadium . ▁All ▁that ▁struct ur ally ▁remains ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁site ▁is ▁the ▁super int endent ' s ▁house ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁King ▁Street ▁and ▁F ras er ▁Avenue ▁( p ict ured ▁in ▁the ▁Inf obox ▁above ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List