All Posts Tagged With: "Corrections Canada"
Best of 2011: Six Questions for Ted Hsu
Over the next two weeks, Kingstonist will be counting down our best posts from 2011. The list includes a diverse mix of topics that are near and dear to the hearts of our volunteer contributors. Rest assured, we’re already working on some interesting stories for 2012, but we’re suckers for best of and top 10 [...]
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Progress In A Graffiti-Removal Pilot Project Noted
Correctional Service of Canada and the City of Kingston have been working together on a pilot project for graffiti removal that involves offenders from Pittsburgh Institution participating in a work release program. Through the 2011 summer season, two offenders have been assigned part time to attend to locations on public property to remove graffiti tags [...]
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Six Questions for Ted Hsu
Today we’re featuring the third and final MP candidate interview with local Liberal Party representative, Ted Hsu. I would encourage you to read and compare his responses with those provided by Eric Walton and Daniel Beals respectively. By posing a standard set of questions to each candidate, we’ve been able to gain insight into their [...]
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Six Questions for Daniel Beals
A few weeks ago we invited all of the local federal candidates to answer questions that had been submitted by Kingstonist’s contributors and readers. The main goal of this initiative was to establish each candidate’s position on standard set of issues ranging from Prison Farms to usage-based billing and sustainability. If you missed yesterday’s feature [...]
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Six Questions for Eric Walton
By this time next week the federal election will be over, and Kingston and the Islands will have selected a new Member of Parliament. In order to help undecided voters and further educate Kingstonians on where the candidates stand on important issues, we invited all of the local party representatives to participate in an interview [...]
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Super Prisons – An OPIRG Workshop
This workshop aims to introduce students to prison justice work and prison solidarity work and aims to explore the historical development of imprisonment and the prison system, the development of the prison industrial complex (PIC) in the United States and Canada, and the emergence of abolitionist movements. Students will also learn about Kingston’s relationship with [...]
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Friday Foto
When I was a young lad, I was briefly under the impression that Collins Bay Penitentiary was in fact Disney’s Magic Kingdom. After visiting Walt Disney World around the age of 4, I returned to the Limestone City with the knowledge that Collins Bay Pen was not a fairytale castle. I mean let’s face it, [...]
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What if Kingston…
When you think of landmarks that shape the overall image of Kingston, institutions that stand out range from Fort Henry to City Hall, and even Kingston Penitentiary. Regarding the latter, there are a total of nine federal corrections facilities in and around the city, including: Joyceville, Pittsburgh, Collins Bay, Frontenac, Millhaven and Bath. Collins Bay [...]
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