A visit to Kingston Penitentiary
Channel: Aerosnapper
Date: 2021-02-14

Learn about the history, layout and notorious events and occupants of Kingston's historic Federal Penitentiary.  For those who are interested, there are additional sources of information below. Please note that the presentations provided today during penitentiary tours may not show exactly the same areas or layouts as you see in this video.

00:00 - Start
00:24 - Kingston’s Prisons
00:51 - History of the Penitentiary
01:39 - The Dickens Connection
02:16 - History of Riots
02:51 - The Hemingway Connection
03:04 - Notorious Inmates
03:38 - Inside Tour
05:07 - What does the future hold ?
05:36 - Aerial Views
05:57 - Out-tro

Interesting Facts from the Correctional Services of Canada Penitentiary Museum: https://www.penitentiarymuseum.ca/history/interesting-facts/

Canadian Film Board documentary (10 mins) on the prison: https://www.nfb.ca/film/penitentiary/?fbclid=IwAR3JyLZ25vMXvWvRUmQC8EUu08goCk5wcR0aC7VTzkogS9Nh8ersjS4QhuU

Riot News Report from 1971: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCkCMfPK-LA

Podcast interviews from the 1932 Riot: https://podcast.cfrc.ca/2019/12/we-naturally-got-hostile-voices-from-the-kingston-penitentiary-riot-of-1932/?fbclid=IwAR1sreH3pMIKg4dslcDtg15sy-FX9Zp0ZZlyLG9hbrmgQkgtXCl0vMgiwnw

Kingston Historical Society text on the Penitentiary : https://archive.org/details/historickingston03kinguoft/page/34/mode/2up