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Background

Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1900

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1900

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Carl Hall
    1974 · serial killer
  • Paul Bernardo
    1964 · serial killer

    Paul Kenneth Bernardo (born August 27, 1964), also known as Paul Jason Teale, is a Canadian serial rapist and murderer dubbed the Scarborough Rapist and Schoolgirl Killer.

  • Russell Williams
    1963 · aircraft pilot

    David Russell Williams (born March 7, 1963) is a Canadian serial rapist, murderer and disgraced former colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

  • Grace Marks
    Grace Marks
    1828–1873 · maid

    Grace Marks (c.

  • Tim Buck
    Tim Buck
    1891–1973 · politician

    Timothy Buck (January 6, 1891 – March 11, 1973) was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada (known as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1943 to 1959) from 1929 until 1962.

  • Roger Caron
    1938–2012 · writer

    Roger "Mad Dog" Caron (April 12, 1938 – April 11, 2012) was a Canadian robber and the author of the influential prison memoir Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars (1978).

  • Mathew Charles Lamb
    1948–1976 · spree killer

    Mathew Charles "Matt" Lamb (5 January 1948 – 7 November 1976) was a Canadian spree killer who, in 1967, avoided Canada's then-mandatory death penalty for capital murder by being found not guilty by reason of insanity.

  • Clifford Olson
    1940–2011 · criminal

    Clifford Robert Olson Jr.

  • Elizabeth Lessard
    1877–1911 · criminal

    Elizabeth Lessard (c. 1877-1911), also known as Lizzie Lessard, was a Canadian petty criminal.

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Contact & address

440 King Street West

No public contact details available.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Kingston Penitentiary. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kingston-penitentiary
Chicago
"Kingston Penitentiary." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kingston-penitentiary.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kingston-penitentiary,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kingston Penitentiary},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kingston-penitentiary},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}