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Litter-Strewn Dome of the central cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of th(...)
Litter-Strewn Dome of the central cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of th(...)

Litter-Strewn Dome of the central cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of th(...)

Date4/23/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Litter-Strewn Dome of the central cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of the riot in which 500 inmates held six guards hostage and tore the 136 year-old prison apart. In the dome; inmates held a 'kangaroo court for undesirables and here 11 prisoners were tied to plywood chairs and beaten while rioters watched from above.
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Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011233F
Shattered cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of the riot in which 50 inmat(...)
Shattered cellblock at Kingston Penitentiary is surveyed by regional director of penitentiaries John Moloney in the wake of the riot in which 50 inmat(...)
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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(...)
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10/21/1975
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
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
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(...)
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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 (...)
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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
4/18/1971
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(...)
4/23/1971
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
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
Pete the plumber--Peter McConnell, a red-haired, blunt-speaking plumbing instructor in the old Kingston Penitentiary--tries to play down his heroism i(...)
Pete the plumber--Peter McConnell, a red-haired, blunt-speaking plumbing instructor in the old Kingston Penitentiary--tries to play down his heroism i(...)
2/4/1976
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