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For Kingston Penitentiary, a dark history revisited

Written on September 27, 2019. Posted in Features, History.

Canada’s most notorious prison officially closed its doors on Sept. 30, 2013. Now, in 2019, questions surrounding the legacy of the Kingston Penitentiary have risen to a fever pitch. The closure of the Kingston Penitentiary, previously known as the Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper...

Rockin’ the Big House pays tribute to The Hip

Written on September 17, 2019. Posted in Arts.

A historic Kingston jail was host to thousands of The Tragically Hip fans this weekend for the Rockin’ the Big House charity concert. On Saturday, Sept. 14, 2,500 patrons filled the Kingston Penitentiary for the first-ever public concert held on the grounds of the old prison. The event was organized...

Look past the prison, to the person

Written on December 1, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

While it’s not wrong to be interested in the corrections field, our interest often wrongly stems from a romanticizing of prisons with little genuine regard for inmates and their personal lives and experiences. In my second year at Queen’s, I joined a club that allowed me to tutor an inmate for a...

Behind bars

Written on November 11, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

When I was hired to work at Kingston Penitentiary this past summer, I entered the prison with hesitation. As I walked through the large and looming North Gate on that first day in May, my heart pounded uncontrollably, not because of the great historical significance, but mostly because I was nervous...

Theatre Kingston’s "Hothouse" reaches beyond prison walls

Written on March 1, 2016. Posted in Arts.

While Hothouse offers exciting twists and turns, the melodrama leaves little room for critical engagement with prison systems in Kingston or elsewhere. Theatre Kingston’s latest work, Hothouse — adapted by Judith Thompson from Merilyn Simonds’ novel The Convict Lover — explores the notion...

Former prison inmates hope Queen’s will acknowledge past unethical experiments

Written on July 28, 2015. Posted in News.

Two former inmates of Canadian penitentiaries have asked that Queen’s University formally recognize its involvement in unethical experiments that took place 40 years ago. James and Donny Hogan are two of nine brothers in a family that has collectively served 150 years incarcerated in Canada. James,...

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For Kingston Penitentiary, a dark history revisited

Rockin’ the Big House pays tribute to The Hip

Look past the prison, to the person

Behind bars

Theatre Kingston’s "Hothouse" reaches beyond prison walls

Former prison inmates hope Queen’s will acknowledge past unethical experiments

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