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Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)

Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)

Date4/23/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary; where 500 rioting prisoners were in control for four days. In the letter below; Chris Thomas asks why it took a nightmarish riot to move the Solicitor-General Jean-Pierre Goyer to speak seriously of penal reform.
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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_0011228F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
4/22/1977
Weapons At Ready, soldiers from First Signals Regiment at Barriefield prepare to enter Kingston Penitentiary where 500 rebellious prisoners have been (...)
Weapons At Ready, soldiers from First Signals Regiment at Barriefield prepare to enter Kingston Penitentiary where 500 rebellious prisoners have been (...)
4/16/1971
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 (...)
4/19/1971
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
11/19/1974
Protestant chapel was completely destroyed by the 500 rioting inmates at Kingston Penitentiary although the Bible was left intact. Pews were smashed a(...)
Protestant chapel was completely destroyed by the 500 rioting inmates at Kingston Penitentiary although the Bible was left intact. Pews were smashed a(...)
4/23/1971
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(...)
10/21/1975
Metro West Detention Centre with Superintendent John Walter in two different cells/standing in the four unit cell and sitting in the two unit cell-
Metro West Detention Centre with Superintendent John Walter in two different cells/standing in the four unit cell and sitting in the two unit cell-
5/23/1986
Milheaven - Cells Area
Milheaven - Cells Area
10/21/1975
Kingston prisoners with their wrists handcuffed and wearing leg irons shuffle into Frontenao County courthouse yesterday, where the 18 men were remand(...)
Kingston prisoners with their wrists handcuffed and wearing leg irons shuffle into Frontenao County courthouse yesterday, where the 18 men were remand(...)
6/4/1971
Released Hostage Paul Krotz, Blindfolded by rioting prisoners in Attica
Released Hostage Paul Krotz, Blindfolded by rioting prisoners in Attica
9/13/1971
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
4/18/1971
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
1/6/1977