Behind Closed Cells: The Architecture of Canada's Jails and Prisons

SPECIAL PUB LECTURE

For over a century, the intimidating architecture of Canadian prisons inspired sentences to be carried out in solitude and silence.

Set within Ottawa's own historic jail, this lecture will focus on the 19th and early 20th centuries to illustrate how architecture was a critical tool for commmunicating changing ideas regarding criminals and their confinement.