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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

Destruction to Kingston Penitentiary, Canada's toughest penitentiary, was nothing compared to the pandemonium inside where desperate convicts fought each other for control

Date4/23/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Destruction to Kingston Penitentiary; Canada's toughest penitentiary; was nothing compared to the pandemonium inside where desperate convicts fought each other for control.
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GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011231F
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
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
Bull, Ron
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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(...)
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
Ross, Fred
4/18/1971
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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 (...)
Ross, Fred
4/19/1971
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Dutton, Don
4/19/1971
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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 (...)
Ross, Fred
4/19/1971
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 (...)
Ross, Fred
4/15/1971
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Members of citizens' committee hearing grievances of the 500 rebellious convicts at Kingston penitentiary return to the prison last night for further (...)
Dutton, Don
4/17/1971
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(...)
Spremo, Boris
10/21/1975
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
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
Ross, Fred
4/18/1971
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 (...)
Spremo, Boris
10/21/1975
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 (...)
Ross, Fred
4/16/1971
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(...)
Ross, Fred
4/23/1971