THUNDER BAY JAIL

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA

The Thunder Bay Jail was built in 1926, a time of architectural design and style, grumpily described by a famed Architectural Historian, H. H. Russell, as being ruled by “eclecticism that permitted an archeological sort of revival Gothic to thrive as a mode for churches and educational institutions.” While the Thunder Bay Jail is not a formal educational institution, it does have many stylistic references to the Neo-Gothic style, which was used so often throughout the Province of Ontario between 1900-1945 for scholastic buildings. It became known also as the “Collegiate Gothic” style.

In general terms, Neo-Gothic Collegiate Gothic design elements include a symmetrical facade composition, grandness of scale, monochromatic exterior finishes and a stress on horizontal lines. The Thunder Bay Jail, which has an inmate capacity of 102, features a symmetrical front façade, organized around a projecting entry area, with corner turrets and a flattened Gothic limestone arch, also referred to as a compound arch, at the entry door.

Call2Talk is the most efficient and cheapest method to receive calls from Provincial prisons such as The Thunder Bay Jail. Whenever a Thunder Bay Jail inmate calls a local number, they are charged $0.075 per minute from their collect Calling Call2Talk account. The same inmate call that would have cost upwards of $5.00 now just costs you $1.13 for 15 minutes.

We will provide you with a local telephone number for collect calls, near the Thunder Bay Jail, for your inmate to call as if it were your original home, work or mobile number. When the inmate calls the local Collect Call number that we issue, we will route the call to your current or any other telephone number without alteration to your existing line. Only two things change in the way you will receive prison telephone calls from Algoma; the telephone number your inmate dials and the new lower cost of prison calling.

With Call2Talk, inmates in the Thunder Bay Jail will save more than 80% on their prison telephone calls.