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Going off duty for a day of mourning for a penitentiary guard killed last week, a guard at the old Kingston prison opens the gate for armed combat tro(...)
Going off duty for a day of mourning for a penitentiary guard killed last week, a guard at the old Kingston prison opens the gate for armed combat tro(...)

Going off duty for a day of mourning for a penitentiary guard killed last week, a guard at the old Kingston prison opens the gate for armed combat tro(...)

Date7/1/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Going off duty for a day of mourning for a penitentiary guard killed last week; a guard at the old Kingston prison opens the gate for armed combat troops from Canadian Forces Base Petawawa; who have orders to shoot if their lives are threatened. They'll back up unarmed police and prison officials.
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Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0011249F
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
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
4/18/1971
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
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
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
Guards fear AIDS: Prison guards argue they need better protection against inmates with AIDS or related diseases
Guards fear AIDS: Prison guards argue they need better protection against inmates with AIDS or related diseases
1/1/1975
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
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(...)
10/21/1975
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(...)
4/23/1971
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
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(...)
4/24/1971