Tag: Prison Farms

Activists stand trial

The trial for Kingston prison farm protesters began yesterday at the Frontenac County Court House. Twenty-four people were arrested during a protest at Frontenac Institution on Aug. 8 and 9, 2010 that saw activists temporarily block trucks from removing the Frontenac Prison Farm’s cattle herd. The...

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Paint program promising

Kingston city council made a commendable decision last Tuesday to approve a new pilot prison work program. Inmates from minimum-security facilities in the Kingston-area will come into the city two days a week to paint over graffiti. The Whig-Stardard reported that Mayor Mark Gerretsen told city councillors...

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