Echoes of the Kingston Penitentiary

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

A selection of electroacoustic compositions based on the history of the Kingston Penitentiary.

The audio in each area will continue to play until it is completed even outside of the designated area.

For the best experience, do not enter a new area until the current track has finished.

Sincere thanks is given to the Kingston Penitentiary personnel who assisted in part in the making of this project.

Kaitlin Saari

The Echoes

"Genesis" quotes a document preserved from 1833 report detailing the design and construction of the …

For much of the prison's history, the rehabilitation of the inmates was solely based on religion. Th…

"Riot" details some of the events from the 1971 riot as it was described in the "1972 Report of the …

"Getaway" quotes events detailed in the 1897 "Report of the Commissioners" about the controversies i…

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