Barton Street Jail

Michael Kras
15 May 2021

Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre has started a library with help from HPL

The Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre – otherwise known as Barton Street Jail – has started its own library with over 4,500 new paperback books for inmates to access and enjoy. This comes in par...

Michael Kras
11 Mar 2021

Barton Jail inmates go on hunger strike as COVID-19 outbreak grows

Inmates at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre on Barton Street are currently on a coordinated hunger strike as they demand safer conditions amid the jail’s growing COVID-19 outbreak. Around 50 ...

Michael Kras
24 Feb 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at Barton Street Jail grows to 28 cases

Just over a week after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, case numbers have grown among the facility’s inmates and staff. Public health officially declare...

Michael Kras
17 Feb 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Hamilton’s Barton Street Jail

The Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre – otherwise known as the Barton Street Jail – is the site of Hamilton’s latest COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak was officially declared by Hamilton pub...