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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
Operator
Correctional Service of CanadaPopulation 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 Hall1974 · serial killer
- Paul Bernardo1964 · 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 Williams1963 · 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.
Tim Buck1891–1973 · politicianTimothy Buck (January 6, 1891 â 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 Caron1938–2012 · writer
Roger "Mad Dog" Caron (April 12, 1938 â 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 Lamb1948–1976 · spree killer
Mathew Charles "Matt" Lamb (5 January 1948 â 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.
- Elizabeth Lessard1877–1911 · criminal
Elizabeth Lessard (c.â1877-1911), also known as Lizzie Lessard, was a Canadian petty criminal.
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Contact & address
440 King Street West
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Data completeness
26%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6413577)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Kingston Penitentiary. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kingston-penitentiary
Chicago
"Kingston Penitentiary." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 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 = {2026-07-21}
}