Life of Kingston

We Naturally Got Hostile: Voices from the Kingston Penitentiary Riot of 1932


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For four days in October 1932, during the height of the Great Depression, prisoners at Kingston Penitentiary revolted, protesting conditions in the prison until the guards and militia regained control. The shock of this event led to public calls for prison reform, changes within the prison system, and eventually the 1938 Royal Commission on the […]
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