Canada's big house : the dark history of the Kingston Penitentiary / Peter H. Hennessy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hennessy, Peter H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kingston Penitentiary--History.

Kingston Penitentiary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : The Dundurn Group, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of Kingston Penitentiary's rapid descent from puritanical purpose to merely punitive management.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Built of Limestone and Rules - the original plan and the first rules of operation; Chapter 2: Running Amok and the Aftermath - early excesses leading to the first of many public inquiries; Chapter 3: Stability and, Yes, a Touch of Humanity - a review of the Aeneas MacDonell years, 1849-1869; Chapter 4: After Sixty Years - the takeover of the jail by the Dominion of Canada and some effects; Chapter 5: A Kinder, Gentler Jail - For a While - the regime of John Creighton and his successors to the dawn of the twentieth century

Chapter 6: On the Eve of the Riots - neglect and faulty leadership through the first thirty years of the new century warning voices unheeded; Chapter 7: Hitting Bottom at Kingston Penitentiary - the downward spiral and the era of the riots of 1932, 1954, and 1971; Chapter 8: Spend! Spend! Spend! - the costly effort to restore and modernize the battered jail; Chapter 9: Dream! Dream! Dream! - uncertainty and confusion in the management of K.P. since 1971; Chapter 10: Caring for Body and Mind - the sorry record of health care at K.P.

Chapter 11: Cruel and Unusual - the impact of human rights laws on the management of prisonersChapter 12: Whither the Big House? - the uphill struggle against obsolescence at K.P.; Appendices; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611969875

9781554881178

155488117X

9781281969873

1281969877

OCLC:

244771098