Starting with the execution of John Boyd in January 1908, [[hanging]]s at the Don took place in an indoor chamber, which was a converted washroom, at the northeast corner of the old building. Previously, condemned men had been hanged on an outdoor scaffold in the jail yard.
1908
John Boyd is the first prisoner hanged in a new indoor chamber, converted from a washroom. Until then, hangings were done on an outdoor scaffold in the prison yard.