A full-scale model of a KP cell found in the Canada Penitentiary Museum.

Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario between King Street West and Lake Ontario. Murney Tower, Kingston The Fort Henry Guard performing an historical demonstration The Prince George Hotel. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Correctional Service of Canada is the government agency responsible for the federal prison and parole system in Canada. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 810 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 810 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free... Supermax is the name used to describe control-unit prisons or units within prisons, representing the most secure and austere levels of custody in the prison systems of the United States and other countries. ... Murney Tower, Kingston The Fort Henry Guard performing an historical demonstration The Prince George Hotel. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...

Originally constructed in 1833–34, and officially opened on June 1, 1835 as the "Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada," it is one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world. It is well known and often referred as Alcatraz North. Its western wall is the eastern wall of the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, which hosted the sailing events for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Immediately across the road is the Kingston Prison for Women (now used for office space), officially opened on January 24, 1934 to take female prisoners who had originally been housed in segregated quarters in the main facility. The penitentiary's imposing grey limestone walls give it the appearance of a massive 19th-century fortress. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 14, 1971, a riot at Kingston Penitentiary lasted four days and resulted in the death of two inmates and destruction of much of the prison. Security was substantially increased and prison reforms were instituted. Today the facility houses between 350 and 500 inmates, plus another 120 at R.T.C. (the Regional Treatment Center) contained within K.P.'s walls. Every inmate is in his own individual cells. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

The city of Kingston is home to nine prisons, from low-security facilities to the maximum-security facilities, Kingston Penitentiary and Millhaven Institution (which was initially built to replace Kingston Pen). Millhaven Institution is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario. ...

Rare escapes

In 1999, prisoner Ty Conn escaped from within the prison; although this feat had been accomplished on at least 26 occasions beginning in 1836, Conn was the first to succeed since 1958. Conn's body was found in Toronto: he died from a self-inflicted gunshot while speaking on the telephone to a producer from the CBC. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Tyrone Williams Ty Conn is the only person in the last four decades to escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canadas most secure and notorious prisons. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ...

Notable inmates

The Kingston Penitentiary is home to many of Canada's most dangerous and notorious criminals. Notable inmates include Paul Bernardo, and formerly, Clifford Olson and Roger Caron. Wayne Boden, the Canadian "Vampire Rapist" died there in March 2006. Tim Buck, leader of the Communist Party, was a political prisoner at Kingston convicted under section 98 of the criminal code during the early 1930s. An attempt was made to murder him when shots entered Buck's cell. It was later found that the shots came from guard weapons. The Prison is considered "the dumping ground for Canada's worst inmates" and almost all are protective custody inmates, who cannot function or live in other institutions due to their crime. The institution is the most violent in Canada with frequent assaults on staff and inmates. The staff are not armed inside of the Penitentiary for fear that they (and their arms) might be captured by inmates. Paul Kenneth Bernardo, (he later assumed the name Paul Teale) (born August 27, 1964 in Scarborough, Ontario), is a Canadian serial killer, known for the murders he committed with his wife Karla Homolka. ... Clifford Robert Olson Jr (born January 1, 1940 in Vancouver, Canada) is a serial killer who killed two children as well as nine youths in the early 1980s. ... Roger Mad Dog Caron is a Canadian bank robber and the author of the influential 1978 prison memoir Go-Boy: Memories of a Life Behind Bars. ... Wayne Clifford Boden (c. ... Timothy (Tim) Buck (January 6, 1891-March 11, 1973) was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (known from the 1940s until the late 1950s as the Labour Progressive Party). ...

External links

• Official website
• Canada's Penitentiary Museum site