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Kingston Penitentiary Inmates Library and Archives Canada has made available online four volumes of records about Kingston Penitentiary inmates (link in Resources below). Most of the records date from about 1912 to 1919, with a small number of earlier or later records.
On August 17, 1947, inmates Nicholas Minelli, Ulysses Lauzon, and Donald "Mickey" Macdonald climbed over the wall behind the east cell block, after cutting through the bars on their cell. Both Minelli and Lauzon were recaptured, but Macdonald was never found.
A life size example of the original 29″ wide Kingston Pen cell can be viewed at the Penitentiary Museum across the street from the Pen. A Kingston Pen prisoner would have been locked into this tiny barred and concrete room, with no person-to-person contact, for years.
- Paul Bernardo: Convicted in 1995 in Toronto of raping and killing schoolgirls Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French at his home in St. Catharines, Ont. His videos of his victims in captivity sealed his conviction.
- Clifford Olson: Known as the Beast of British Columbia, he was convicted in 1982 of killing 11 children. He may have killed more.
- Russell Williams: The former commander of CFB Trenton, an air force colonel, was convicted of killing two women in 2010 near the eastern Ontario base.
- Marie-Anne Houde: She was convicted of murdering her stepdaughter Aurore Gagnon, 11, in Fortierville, Que., in 1920. Her death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
Apr 19, 2012 · Destruction done to cell-blocks during a riot at Kingston Penitentiary was photographed by Globe and Mail reporter John Scott during his tour of the facility on April 23, 1971.
All six prison guards survived the ordeal, and Golden gave enormous credit to an inmate named Barrie MacKenzie, who demonstrated calm leadership in the face of incredibly chaotic circumstances. MacKenzie eventually walked each of those guards out of the penitentiary to safety.
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