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Jerry Carmichael, spent ten years of his 32 with Corrections at Kingston Penitentiary. Matt Rowland explains the workings of the Main Dome of Kingston Penitentiary, during Photo/Rob Mooy a tour of Canada’s oldest and most notorious maximum security prison. Photo/Rob Mooy

Kingston Penitentiary opens its doors to visitors Rob Mooy

For over a century many tried to get out, but now thousands are lining up to get into Kingston’s historic Kingston Penitentiary. The Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada opened in 1835 with the arrival of just six inmates. The facility changed its name to Kingston Penitentiary (KP) 32 years later, in 1867. For the first 99 years both women and

men were incarcerated within its walls. In its early days, some prisoners as young as eight were kept there for crimes as simple as stealing a loaf of bread. Before it was shuttered in 2013, the facility housed between 350 and 500 inmates, plus another 120 at the Regional Treatment Centre contained within the prison. KP was Canada’s oldest prison when inmates and staff finally left for the last

time. The impressive structure has since stood empty, except during a brief time in the fall of 2014, when some 18,000 visitors toured the prison during a series of fundraising tours. This summer, a new series of tours will offer a rare opportunity to go behind the walls of Canada’s oldest and most notorious maximum security prison. “Kingston Pen is a landmark site in Kingston and we can feel the excitement in

the community as they anticipate the start of the tours,” explains Darren Dalgleish, general manager and CEO of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission. “Our team looks forward to delivering an exceptional and memorable tour experience this summer. This initiative is a great example of community partners working together with a common vision to develop a new experience for residents and that will drive visitors to the city.”

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SLPC has hired over 30 students to act as tour guides supported by retired Corrections Service Canada employees who share stories about life in the prison at stops along the tour route. Ninety-minute guided tours will give visitors a rare chance to stroll through the looming front doors of this national historic site and learn about life in this oneContinued on page 3

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