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 Emperor Wang
    
Location: On an island, in a river
Fetish? What fetish?
 |  | Kingston Penitentiary Tours
< on 9/23/2013 2:19 PM >
|  | | | From Saturday's Globe and Mail. All dates appear to be sold out at the moment, but you could watch the event page for more dates or contact the organizers (through the link at top left) to express your interest.
Kingston Penitentiary to allow visitors to tour infamous prison
COLIN PERKEL
TORONTO — The Canadian Press
Published Friday, Sep. 20 2013, 1:32 PM EDT
Last updated Friday, Sep. 20 2013, 9:14 PM EDT
Members of the public will soon have a rare and limited chance to go inside the country’s most notorious but soon to be closed prison, the first such opportunity in ages.
For three weeks starting Oct. 2, visitors will be able to tour Kingston Penitentiary, the formidable maximum security facility that has housed Canada’s worst criminals.
The tours, guided by Correctional Service Canada volunteers, are a fundraiser for the United Way in Kingston, Ont.
Bhavana Varma, president of the local United Way branch, calls it an “exciting” opportunity.
“Many of us have lived here and been curious about and intrigued by the historic institution,” Ms. Varma said Friday.
“This is our chance to allow some of our residents to go in behind the scenes.”
There will, however, be no chance to glimpse the likes of schoolgirl killer Paul Bernardo or Russell Williams, the disgraced air force colonel who murdered two women.
The last of the inmates will have been moved out before the tours start and the 130-year-old institution will be permanently shuttered as a penitentiary Sept. 30.
In its early years, however, the “custodial circus” was open to visitors, according to J.A. Edmison in his The History of Kingston Penitentiary.
For the sum of one shilling and three pence each, roughly $6 in current prices, men were allowed to go inside. Women and children were admitted for the bargain price of 7 1/2 pence each.
The new 90-minute, daytime tours that run Wednesday through Sunday will cost $20 per person. Children under 12 do not have to pay. Tickets can only be bought online and proceeds will go to the charity.
Each group will be limited to 25 people and the expectation is to do three tours an hour, Ms. Varma said. “We think the tickets will go pretty quickly,” she said.
The Kingston Penitentiary officially opened June 1, 1835, and was one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990 but its post-prison future remains uncertain.
The federal government announced its closing last year as one of three penitentiaries to be shut down, saying the aged facility was no longer suitable or cost-effective for housing. Citing unspecified privacy concerns, Correctional Service Canada refused to say when the last of its inmates would be moved to other Canadian prisons.
Tickets for the tour can be purchased at http://kptour.eventbrite.ca.
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doom vs
Location: My map runneth over
Gender: Male
To a grey indifference
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<Reply # 2 on 9/23/2013 3:13 PM >
| | | | Scored a pair for thanksgiving weekend. It sold out damned quick. I might be able to tour it via an employee and if this goes down I'll sell 'em to any interested party. Not likely to happen but you never know.
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EVmAN
    
Location: Mississauga, ON
Gender: Male
and I-- I took the path less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 3 on 9/23/2013 3:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by doom vs
Scored a pair for thanksgiving weekend. It sold out damned quick. I might be able to tour it via an employee and if this goes down I'll sell 'em to any interested party. Not likely to happen but you never know.
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Holy crap, didn't realize this was a ticketed thing. Do let me know if you end up looking to sell!
The sign said "Anybody caught trespassin will be shot on sight"
So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house,
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L'Ali
Location: Clarington
Gender: Female
Behind every damsel is a fire breathing dragon
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 4 on 9/23/2013 3:46 PM >
| | | | Dammit, sold out 
I hope they open up more dates. Emailed the organizer about it. Fingers crossed!
All I want for my birthday is to go shoot KP! 
Everything is sweetened by risk.
-- Alexander Smith
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Intrinsic
Location: Collingwood
Gender: Male
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 5 on 9/23/2013 3:56 PM >
| | | | Kijiji is loaded with people looking for tickets, nobody selling and I'm off all that week. Fortunately there are other ways to gain legitimate access after the closure if you know the right people.
Can't wait to see people's photos.
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dallas
Location: seattle
Gender: Female
So long and thanks for all the fish
| | | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 6 on 9/23/2013 4:53 PM >
| | | | Fuck this would be awesome!
amazing wife to Narf. Don't look him up or ill cut you. |
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doom vs
Location: My map runneth over
Gender: Male
To a grey indifference
| | | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 7 on 9/23/2013 5:40 PM >
| | | | only 25 headcount per group, so that should reduce unwanted humans in the line of shooting (hahahahaha). Totally looking forward to this.
Soil's Song In Your Throat
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N_eh_than
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Location: London, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 8 on 9/23/2013 6:29 PM >
| | | | This is crazy! Can't believe they're only doing such limited access - it's obviously a huge money maker considering how fast it sold out. Here's to hoping some UER members got tickets so we can all "Attend" via photos!
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terapr0
Location: Sauga City
Gender: Male
www . tohellandback . net
| | | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 9 on 9/23/2013 9:58 PM >
| | | | holy shit those sold out fast!
Might have to pull some strings for alternate access, and I know just who to ask 
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shadowedsmile
 
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 11 on 9/24/2013 4:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by terapr0
holy shit those sold out fast!
Might have to pull some strings for alternate access, and I know just who to ask
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I know who's on your way to Kingston... ;)
Those did sell out really quickly! I was hoping during the week would be less popular and I could snag a couple. I'll have to cross my fingers more dates show up...
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Emperor Wang
Location: On an island, in a river
Fetish? What fetish?
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 12 on 9/24/2013 4:46 PM >
| | | | I see the event page I linked above has been emptied out. From the newly referenced page:
| Tickets for public tours are now sold out. There may be some additional tickets released on Wednesday, September 25. Please watch this site or social media for more information. |
Good luck, everyone.
[last edit 9/24/2013 6:04 PM by Emperor Wang - edited 1 times]
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 13 on 9/25/2013 1:34 PM >
| | | | Website is currently down.
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jerm IX
Location: Somewhere, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
If you can't find something nice to say...say it on UER.
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<Reply # 14 on 9/25/2013 2:52 PM >
| | | | If you haven't been refreshing endlessly and then salivating over your purchase then you should probably order right now. Just got mine. MMMMMMMMM, KP!
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 15 on 9/25/2013 3:03 PM >
| | | | October 17th
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doom vs
Location: My map runneth over
Gender: Male
To a grey indifference
| | | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 16 on 9/25/2013 3:04 PM >
| | | | Good stuff, Jerm. Woulda been cool to share the same tour group. I'll leave some shots for ya lol.
Soil's Song In Your Throat
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jerm IX
Location: Somewhere, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
If you can't find something nice to say...say it on UER.
| | | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 17 on 9/25/2013 3:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by shadowedsmile
October 17th
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16th for the win.
By the time you get there it'll be all vandalized with dick tags everywhere.
Posted by doom vs
Good stuff, Jerm. Woulda been cool to share the same tour group. I'll leave some shots for ya lol.
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Now if these 23 other people on the tour would just get the fuck out of my shot!
[last edit 9/25/2013 3:08 PM by jerm IX - edited 1 times]
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 18 on 9/25/2013 3:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by jerm IX
16th for the win.
By the time you get there it'll be all vandalized with dick tags everywhere.
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I had the 16th, then noticed more dates being released so I stupidly gave up those tickets to attempt for the Sunday....then couldn't get any of them. A few heart attacks later, snagged a couple for the 17th. Whew..
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: Kingston Penitentiary Tours
<Reply # 19 on 9/25/2013 3:14 PM >
| | | | All dates are now sold out.
"Adventure is the respectful pursuit of trouble." - Expedition Overland |
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