People from around the world are horrified by the prospect of Kingston Penitentiary's demise.

At least half of the Pen including the guard towers and walls will be demolished to create space for high rise residential towers. And a condo will be constructed on the grounds of the nearby Prison for Women.
The Pen, Prison for Women and the Fisheries and Oceans property on Portsmouth Olympic Harbour were decommissioned and privatized. The Pen was a National Historic Site of Canada and a Classified Federal Heritage Building, but Parks Canada stripped away that designation when the landmark was divested. In doing so they stripped away the heart and soul of a community called The Village of Portsmouth. How would the citizens of Paris react if the Eiffel Tower was removed? Several high rise condos could be built on land where the Tower now stands. And a commemorative plaque would remind visitors that the Eiffel Tower once occupied that space.

This document proves that P4W and The Big House were registered heritage buildings.

The Prison for Women

How demoralizing it must have been for residents of the Limestone City to walk or drive by the limestone P4W every day and see this. The photo is from TVO.org.

A letter I received from the Hon. Peter Milliken, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands.

The new owner of P4W will remove the inside walls, bars and locking mechanisms. And the infrastructure will be transferred to the Penitentiary Museum or to a popular tourist attraction the Kingston Pen.