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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 (...)

Prison-made banners flutter from barred cell windows of Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday as 500 rebellious convicts hold the centre block, with five (...)

Date4/19/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prison-made banners flutter from barred cell windows of Kingston Penitentiary on Saturday as 500 rebellious convicts hold the centre block; with five prison officials as hostages. Convicts ended rebellion yesterday; leaving 136-year-old prison full of debris and with estimated $1;000;000 damage in riot's wake.
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    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011254F
      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 (...)
      Dutton, Don
      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 (...)
      Ross, Fred
      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 (...)
      Ross, Fred
      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(...)
      Dutton, Don
      4/19/1971
      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(...)
      Ross, Fred
      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
      Ross, Fred
      4/23/1971
      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
      Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
      Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
      Millar, Cal
      3/6/1985
      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
      Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
      Saving in to crush riot, National Guardsmen wearing gas masks prepare to storm Cellblock D, the stronghold of the rebellious convicts at Attica, N.Y.,(...)
      Dutton, Don
      9/13/1971
      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
      Harold king, who runs a rural halfway house for convicts just released from prison, worries that failure of some convicts to respond to help could dam(...)
      Harold king, who runs a rural halfway house for convicts just released from prison, worries that failure of some convicts to respond to help could dam(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      12/19/1972