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- On April 19, 2012, the Government of Canada announced plans to close the Kingston Penitentiary, along with the Leclerc Institution in Laval, Quebec and the Regional Treatment Centre in Kingston, Ontario. [ 15 ] Kingston Penitentiary officially closed on September 30, 2013. [ 16 ]
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Kingston Penitentiary had been home to many of Canada's most dangerous and notorious criminals. James Donnelly, patriarch of the Black Donnellys , was sentenced to be hanged on September 17, 1859, for the murder of Patrick Farrell.
- The Penitentiary Opens in 1835
- Child Prisoners
- Charles Dickens' Visit
- Famous Escapes
- Infamous Inmates
- Prison Riots
- Guards and Operation Correct Zero
When the first five convicts arrived from Toronto in 1835 to serve their time, the new prison, then named the Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada, was not yet open for business, and so the inmates had to be held at the county jail for five days. Five months later, there were 62 inmates, including women. By 1850, there were 410 i...
There were children within KP's walls in the early years, incarcerated even at eight years old. Antoine Beauche was given a three-year sentence at KP in 1845 when he was eight. "This eight year old child received... 47 corporal punishments [the lash] in nine months, and all for offences of the most childish character," according to an 1849 commissi...
If such stories conjure up memories of a Charles Dickens novel, know that the great English writer visited KP in 1842. Dickens made a mention of it in his book American Notes, inexplicably writing, "There is an admirable gaol here, well and wisely governed, and excellently regulated in every respect."
Escapes from KP were few and far between. Two of the most famous escapes involved going over the wall with a ladder. In 1923, the man who has been called Canada's most notorious criminal, bank robber Red Ryan, led four inmates over the wall after first setting fire to a shed as a distraction. Ryan went back to robbing banks, was captured three mont...
KP has long been the place most of Canada's notorious inmates served time. Until recently, that list included Paul Bernardo, Michael Briere, Selva Kumar Subbiah, Russell Williams, Mohammad Shafia and his son, Hamed, and Michael Rafferty. This may result in part from KP being the maximum security prison where inmates who cannot be safely integrated ...
There were at least three big riots at KP. When a riot broke out in 1932, Communist Party of Canada general secretary Tim Buck was in a KP cell serving time for sedition. While guards were ordered to fire shots through the peep-hole of cells where and when they detected a commotion, they also fired seven shots into Buck's cell, which the government...
KP was a "dumping ground for bad guards," with some guards terrorizing fellow staff and inmates, according to a 1989 report commissioned by KP's warden. In 1999, at new warden Monty Bourke's request, the RCMP began an investigation code-named "Correct zero" that would use inmates as paid informants. Eight guards were fired, although one firing was ...
Apr 14, 2021 · Investigating the murders of Brian Ensor and Bertrand Robert forced Kingston Police investigators to conduct 512 interviews with Kingston Penitentiary inmates, examine the gruesome scene of...
After 178 years, the formidable Kingston Penitentiary, once home to some of Canada's worst criminals, is ceasing operations as a federal correctional facility today.
Apr 19, 2012 · Two of Canada’s federal prisons, including the maximum security Kingston Penitentiary, will be permanently closed, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced Thursday.
Apr 14, 2021 · One inmate was killed by fellow inmates during the uprising while a second died of inmate-inflicted injuries a month later at Kingston General Hospital. Ten other inmates were injured. The...
Sep 26, 2013 · Kingston Penitentiary, home to come of Canada’s worst criminals since it opened in 1835, is closing at the end of the month. Here, a prison guard and a guard dog patrol the side entrance to the...
