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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 (...)

Weapons At Ready, soldiers from First Signals Regiment at Barriefield prepare to enter Kingston Penitentiary where 500 rebellious prisoners have been (...)

Date4/16/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Weapons At Ready; soldiers from First Signals Regiment at Barriefield prepare to enter Kingston Penitentiary where 500 rebellious prisoners have been holding six prison guards hostage since Wednesday night. About 130 soldiers were called to penitentiary to help guards; but later about half were sent back to their base.
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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_0011253F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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(...)
4/23/1971
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
Members of citizens' committee hearing grievances of the 500 rebellious convicts at Kingston penitentiary return to the prison last night for further (...)
Members of citizens' committee hearing grievances of the 500 rebellious convicts at Kingston penitentiary return to the prison last night for further (...)
4/17/1971
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 (...)
4/15/1971
After 4 days as hostage of rebellious convicts at Kingston Penitentiary, prison guard Kerry Bushell, 25, strolls hand-in-hand with his wife down King (...)
After 4 days as hostage of rebellious convicts at Kingston Penitentiary, prison guard Kerry Bushell, 25, strolls hand-in-hand with his wife down King (...)
4/19/1971
Free, and jubilant, Joseph (Gus) Vallier, 47, one of Kingston Penitentiary guards held hostage for four days by rebellious convicts, sits safe at home(...)
Free, and jubilant, Joseph (Gus) Vallier, 47, one of Kingston Penitentiary guards held hostage for four days by rebellious convicts, sits safe at home(...)
4/19/1971
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
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
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
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
Destruction to Kingston Penitentiary, Canada's toughest penitentiary, was nothing compared to the pandemonium inside where desperate convicts fought each other for control
Destruction to Kingston Penitentiary, Canada's toughest penitentiary, was nothing compared to the pandemonium inside where desperate convicts fought each other for control
4/23/1971
The havoc: Prisoners went on a spree of destruction inside the dreaded, crowded Kingston pen
The havoc: Prisoners went on a spree of destruction inside the dreaded, crowded Kingston pen
4/23/1971