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Inside a cell at Millhaven Penitentiary, the maximum-security federal penitentiary near Kingston, an inmate has room for a desk, chair and cot. But, p(...)
Inside a cell at Millhaven Penitentiary, the maximum-security federal penitentiary near Kingston, an inmate has room for a desk, chair and cot. But, p(...)

Inside a cell at Millhaven Penitentiary, the maximum-security federal penitentiary near Kingston, an inmate has room for a desk, chair and cot. But, p(...)

Date10/21/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Inside a cell at Millhaven Penitentiary; the maximum-security federal penitentiary near Kingston; an inmate has room for a desk; chair and cot. But; prison officials and lawyers agree; inmates who try to use their time constructively are seldom encouraged?and often harassed.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011204F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
Eternal watch: A massive watchtower, manned night and day, is the first sight convicts see when they arrive at Millhaven, Canada's toughest maximum-security penitentiary
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Electronic double gates are at the entrance to Millhaven penitentiary near Kingston, where there have been two murders, a bloody suicide and constant (...)
Electronic double gates are at the entrance to Millhaven penitentiary near Kingston, where there have been two murders, a bloody suicide and constant (...)
10/21/1975
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Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
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Kingston penitentiary warden. Arthur Jarvis (left) sits quietly listening to group of inmates who are acting as spokesmen for 500 rebellious convicts (...)
Kingston penitentiary warden. Arthur Jarvis (left) sits quietly listening to group of inmates who are acting as spokesmen for 500 rebellious convicts (...)
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On way to new prisons after a four-day convict rebellion at Kingston penitentiary inmates wave and give victory sign as they are transferred by bus yesterday
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Prison-made banners flutter from barred cell windows of Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday as 500 rebellious convicts hold the centre block, with five (...)
Prison-made banners flutter from barred cell windows of Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday as 500 rebellious convicts hold the centre block, with five (...)
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Litter-Strewn Dome of the central cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of th(...)
Litter-Strewn Dome of the central cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of th(...)
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Shattered cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of the riot in which 50 inmat(...)
Shattered cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of the riot in which 50 inmat(...)
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Waiting game: A bored Warkworth Penitentiary inmate watches visitors walk past
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