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INDEPTH: HARSH SENTENCE
Kingston Penitentiary
CBC News Online | November 15, 2004

Robert Labbe is serving two years for assault at Kingston Penn. He is seeking redress for alleged abuses through the courts. In court documents, he claims prison staff breached their duty to respect inmates' constitutional rights and subjected them to conditions that amount to torture.

DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY CBC :
  • Affidavit of Robert Labbe, inmate at Kingston Penitentiary
    (six page PDF document)
  • Application made by Robert Labbe (three page PDF document)
  • Memorandum of Fact and Law on behalf of Robert Labbe
    (13 page PDF document)


  • Correctional Services Canada's Commissioner's Directive on Administrative Segregation
  • Correctional Services Canada's Commissioner's Directive on the Discipline of Inmates




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    RELATED: WHO'S GUARDING THE GUARDS? (DEC 2001) CBC NEWS BIG PICTURE: INSIDE CANADA'S PRISONS (MARCH 2001)

    DOCUMENTS:
    These documents were obtained by the CBC Investigative team through the course of their research
    QUICK FACTS:
    Date opened: 1835
    Security level: Maximum

    Rated capacity: 431*
    Number of inmates: 372*
    Number of inmates that are double bunked: 0*

    *As of March 31, 1999
    CBC MEDIA:
    RadioWorld Report's Maureen Brosnahan on the Kingston story. (Nov. 15, 2004 Runs 1:50)

    RadioOn The Current, CBC Radio's Maureen Brosnahan reports. (Nov. 15, 2004 Runs 24:37)

    NEWS ARCHIVE:


    Aug. 30, 2001: Inmate stabbed at Kingston Penitentiary

    Mar. 21, 2001: Kingston guards fired amid allegations of criminal activity

    May 8, 1999: Escape at Kingston pen sends police on manhunt

    May 1, 1999: Inmate killed at Kingston penitentiary

    EXTERNAL LINKS:

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    Correctional Service of Canada's Profile of Kingston Penitentiary

    Justice Behind the Walls - Professor Michael Jackson's website on Canadian prisons

    United Nations's Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners

    The John Howard Society of Canada

    "Kingston Penitentiary is on the air!"

    Office of the Correctional Investigator

    Open Society Institute's publication Examining Our Harsh Prison Culture

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