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Item is a photograph of an architectural model of a Canadian maximum security institution and its accompanying legend.

Item is a photograph of the exterior of a staff house, part of the Ontario Fire College, located near Gravenhurst, Ontario.

Item is a photograph of the exterior of an Ontario Fire College building, located near Gravenhurst, Ontario.

Item is a photograph of the exterior of the lecture hall of the Ontario Fire College, located near Gravenhurst, Ontario.

File consists of records pertaining to a draft chapter titled "After Care: Role of the Voluntary Agency", prepared by the Canadian Committee on Corrections. The records in this file, correspondence and memoranda, relate to feedback requested by the committee from a variety of individuals in related fields. Also in this file are copies of the draft chapter in question.

File consists of records pertaining to a chapter of the committee's report, titled "Bail on Appeal", which was written by G. Arthur Martin. The records in this file document the preparation of this chapter, including requests for commentary and information pertaining to this subject, and include correspondence, notes, reports, agendas, drafts and memoranda.

File consists of records pertaining to the Committee's report and its investigation of bail reform and unnecessary pre-trial detention of prisoners who have committed minor crimes. The records in this file are correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefs, minutes and drafts.

File consists of records pertaining to a chapter of the Committee's report entitled "Basic Principles and Purposes of Criminal Justice". The records in this file document the process of researching and editing the chapter and include correspondence, agendas, drafts, notes, memoranda, minutes and reports.

File consists of records pertaining to preparation of the committee's report and the activities of its Chair, Roger Ouimet, on its behalf. The records in this file document Ouimet's speaking engagements, the administration of the committee's finances, committee meetings, and the research for and writing of report chapters. These records include correspondence, briefs, papers, agendas, budgets, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and the text of Ouimet's address to the Canadian Congress of Corrections in June 1967.

Item is a photograph of a classroom at the Ontario Fire College, located near Gravenhurst, Ontario.

File consists of briefs sent to the Canadian Committee on Corrections containing answers to questions posed by the committee regarding the scope and content of its report, which included the general principles of criminal law; the philosophy of corrections; investigation of offences; representation of the suspect; convictions; sentencing; probation; prisons; parole; voluntary after-care; women offenders; staff development; criminal records; and the powers of the police. Respondents include the Saskatchewan Council of Women, the Ontario Association of Corrections and Criminology, the John Howard Society of Canada, and the Elizabeth Fry Society of British Columbia.

File consists of briefs and correspondence from a variety of Canadian correctional institutions, law enforcement groups, humanitarian and religious organizations, and individuals on topics relating to the committee's report. Also included in the file are notes, memoranda, articles and reports.

File consists of records pertaining to the work of the committee, particularly the writing of its report and its meetings. The records in this file document the process of gathering reader feedback on, and resources for, draft chapters of the report, including chapters on the subjects of the investigation of offences, the habitual offender, recognition of rehabilitation and the young adult offender, and include some of G. Arthur Martin's own critiques of this work. These records, predominantly copies sent to all members of the Committee, are correspondence, memoranda, notes, agendas, newspaper clippings, minutes, briefs, progress reports and draft chapters.

File consists of records pertaining to the writing of the committee's report, particularly chapters on sentencing and habitual criminals. The records in this file document the committee's process of gathering research and reader feedback on draft chapters of the report from a panel of consultants, as well as the committee's work to edit the report. These records include drafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, minutes and draft table of contents and appendices.

File consists of records pertaining to the Canadian Committee on Corrections and the preparation of its report. Much of the file consists of copies of correspondence to and from Justice Roger Ouimet, Chair of the committee. Some of this correspondence consists of feedback for draft chapters of the report from a variety of individuals involved with law enforcement or the justice system. Also included in the file are background materials for the report, such as reports and speaking notes, as well as memoranda, budgets and draft chapters.

File consists of records pertaining to G. Arthur Martin's research on the topic of habitual criminals and dangerous sexual offender provisions in the Canadian Criminal Code, and a report chapter titled "The Dangerous Offender". The records in this file document Martin's research on this topic and consist of journal articles, government bills and statutes, papers, notes, as well as memoranda, minutes, drafts and correspondence.

File consists predominantly of correspondence and briefs sent by a variety of organizations and institutions in reply to the committee's request to the Canadian public for written briefs on topics pertaining to the committee's report. Respondents documented in this file include the Dorchester Penitentiary, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, the Confreres, St. Lawrence House, Office de la prevention et du traitement de l'alcolisme et des autres toxicomanies, the Elizabeth Fry Society, the John Howard Society, the Manitoba Provincial Council of Women, Probation Officers Association of Ontario, and from inmates in the Canadian penitentiary system. Also included in this file are reports, articles, lecture notes, memoranda and the report of a committee study group on parole.

File consists of resource materials, including reports and a research study, and correspondence pertaining to the committee's recommendations and the implementation of its report.

File consists of records pertaining to the meetings and work of the committee from January to April 1966, including proposed study projects, research and prison visits. The records in this file are correspondence, financial statements, reference materials, memoranda and minutes.

File consists of records pertaining to the work and meetings of the committee, particularly a study of the design of prisons and new correctional facilities, as well as trips to visit prisons. The records in this file are minutes, notes, memoranda, correspondence, reports and papers.