Prison
Robert Latimer began serving his sentence on January 18, 2001 and was incarcerated at William Head Institution, a minimum-security facility located 30 kilometers west of Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island. While in prison, he completed the first year of carpentry and electrician apprenticeships. He continued to run the farm with the help of a manager.
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Famous quotes containing the word prison:
“The prison is the state writ small.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“But neither milk-white rose nor red
May bloom in prison air;
The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
Are what they give us there:
For flowers have been known to heal
A common man’s despair.”
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