DISCUSSION TOPIC: KINGSTON PENITENTIARY


Some Questions

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Possible Starting Places

  Stevie Cameron, "Kingston Penitentiary: Canada's Most Famous Prison Closes Its Doors," Globe And Mail, September 29, 2013.

Peter Hennessy, "'So Irksome And So Terrible,'" Beaver, 71 (February/March 1991).

Tales From Kingston Pen, Doc Zone, CBC, December 2012:


Kingston Penitentiary In The News: On-Line

  Daniel Otis, "Behind Bars: A Tour Of Kingston Penitentiary," Toronto Star, August 27, 2016.

"Take A Tour Of Kingston Penitentiary," CBC News, October 11, 2013.

Joe Tersigni, "Kingston Penitentiary Leaves Visitor 'Chilled,'" Waterloo Region Record, October 11, 2013.

  Nicholas Hune-Brown, "Kingston Penitentiary's Brutal Legacy," Toronto Star, October 7, 2013.

Elliot Ferguson, "Kingston Penitentiary Opens To Tourists," Sudbury Star, October 3, 2013.

  Amy Dempsey, "Kingston Penitentiary's Storied History Full Of Notorious Inmates, Riots, Escapes," Toronto Star, September 29, 2013.

Patrick Kennedy, "Kingston Penitentiary Earned Its Reputation," Kingston Whig Standard, September 27, 2013.


Kingston Penitentiary In The News: NIC Database

Bruce Deachman, "Closing The Door; Kingston Penitentiary Once Housed Olson, Bernardo And One Of The Black Donnellys," Edmonton Journal, October 12, 2013.

Carys Mills, "Shutdown Clears A Path For Alcatraz North," Globe And Mail, April 23, 2012.

Jordan Press, "Location, 'Mystique' Set Facility Apart; With Its Ominous Grey Walls And Razor Wire, This 'Irksome And Terrible' Place Became The Most Unique In Canada's Prison System," Ottawa Citizen, April 20, 2012.

Jim Coyle, "Closing Of Kingston Pen Ends Dark Era: Prison Was Designed To Be 'So Terrible' Inmates Would Dread Prospect Of Return," Toronto Star, April 20, 2012.

Joe O'Connor, "Dead Prison Walking; Historic -- And Notorious -- Kingston Penitentiary Is Slated To Close," National Post, April 20, 2012.

Pat Brennan, "Kingston Museum Chronicles Life In The Pen," Toronto Star, February 6, 2010.

Mitchell Smith, "World Of Convicts Comes Alive At Kingston Pen Museum," Toronto Star, September 13, 2003.

Kim Covert, "Hennessy's Book Delves Into ' A Place Of Darkness': Book Documents History Of Kingston Pen," Kingston Whig-Standard. April 8, 2000.

Shawn Thompson, "Ceremony Marks Kingston Pen As Historic Site," Kingston Whig-Standard, May 3, 1997.

Shawn Thompson, "Kingston Pen A Symbol Of Our Society: Historian," Kingston Whig-Standard, April 30, 1997.

Kirk Makin, "The Colorful History Of A Venerable Jail: Kingston Penitentiary -- The First Hundred And Fifty Years, 1835-1985," Globe And Mail, July 20, 1985.


Articles

Emma Reilly, "The 'Pen' Of Kingston Journal," Queen University Journal, 133 (October 14, 2005).


Web-Sites

  Kingston Penitentiary -- Wikipedia:

Canada's Penitentiary Museum:

Kingston Pen Tours, Parks Of The St. Lawrence:

Kingston Penitentiary National Historic Site Of Canada, Canada's Historic Places:

  Charles Dickens On Kingston Penitentiary:

Women's Prison Riot, Historica Canada:


Audio And Visual Sources

"Kingston Penitentiary Tour," November 26, 2013.

"The Kingston Pen And Prison Tourism," Current, CBC, April 27, 2012.

"Fires And Rioting Damage Kingston Penitentiary In 1954," CBC Digital Archives.


 

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