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The Closing of the Prison
for Women in Kingston
July 6, 2000

Table of Contents

• Message from the Solicitor General of Canada
• Message from the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada
• Message from the Deputy Commissioner for Women, Correctional Service of Canada
• End of an Era
• Women in Prison in Canada: The Early Years
• Building the Prison for Women
• The First Inmates
• The War Years
• Post-War Decades
• The Modern Era
• Under Fire
• A New Beginning
• Events Leading to the Arbour Commission of Inquiry
• Intensive Intervention Strategy
• Prison for Women: The Last Years
• New Facilities
• Profile of Women Offenders
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Helping Hands
• List of Prison for Women Directors, 1934–2000

Printed in Canada on recyclable paper
ISBN 0-662-65076-X Cat. No. JS82-90/2000
Copyright Correctional Service Canada 2000