1942: Oakalla Women's Unit

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Oakalla Women’s Unit opens, later renamed Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women in 1979.

Miss Maybee, former chief matron of the Oakalla Women’s Unit (1940s)

Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women (Oakalla)

Group discussion in Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women (1960s)

East yard outside Lakeside Correctional Centre for Women (1988)

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1942: Oakalla Women's Unit