April 20 2016, 7:00 p.m. Vancouver Police Museum speaker series - Oakalla Prison: A hard place to do time. Dozens of riots. Over 800 escapees. 44 men "hanged by the neck until dead, may God have mercy on their souls". Operating for 79 years in the heart of Burnaby, Oakalla Prison was a hard place to do time. Come lock yourself up for an evening with Earl Andersen, former guard at Oakalla, current VPD investigator, and crime-and-punishment historian, as he shares with us some of the history still echoing down the corridors of BC's most infamous correctional facitility.. Event detailsThe Vancouver Police Museum once again invites you to go “Behind Locked Doors”, the theme of our 4th annual Speaker Series, and tour the history of some of Vancouver’s most fascinating and forbidden locations. From the not-always-polished doors of the Chief Constable’s office to the cells and gallows of old Oakalla prison, let the Vancouver Police Museum be your key to unlocking some of the mysteries of Vancouver’s past.About the speakerWith a law enforcement and corrections career spanning the Lower Mainland and three turbulent decades, Inspector Earl Andersen is a criminal justice professor at multiple BC institutions and is a leading expert on correctional history in the province...
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240 E Cordova St, Vancouver