Historic buildings in Kingston Ontario.

An Environmental Assessment of Corrections Canada land surrounding Kingston Penitentiary recommended that the land should remain public:

All of the land within the red lines was restored to green space for the public to enjoy, see the Internet article "Kingston Penitentiary Harbourfront Property-CSC-SCC" 2015.  "The remediated area will no longer be leased for boat slips or for long-term boat storage, so the refreshed space will be open for the public to enjoy!" The penitentiary is across the street from the Prison for Women; and the Pen will be one of the landmark buildings if the Village of Portsmouth becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Save the Pen, Prison for Women, St. Helen's and Stone Gables, Corrections Canada Buildings on Union Street, the Isabel MacNeill Halfway House, the Penitentiary Water Tower and the Penitentiary Museum for the following reasons:

1.)  The Kingston Penitentiary is a National Historic Site of Canada and a Classified Federal Heritage Building and the other buildings mentioned are either Classified or Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and provincially recognized buildings.

2.)  A United Nations agency called UNESCO may designate the Village of Portsmouth a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site. A representative from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's government signed the 'UN Convention for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage" treaty in 1976.

Local politicians and architectural preservationist Dr. Jennifer McKendry are desperately trying to save historic limestone buildings in the Village of Portsmouth, Kingston.

The Kingston Pen, Prison for Women, Penitentiary Water Tower, Corrections Canada Museum, St. Helen's and Stone Gables, the Corrections Canada Training Centre on Union Street, Isabel MacNeill Halfway House for Women and the Church of the Good Thief are all clustered in one area. Which means that UNESCO may designate the Village of Portsmouth a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also, the buildings and tower were all made with local limestone; they were all built by Kingston Pen inmates, they have all been given federal, provincial or municipal heritage protection, and they can all last for thousands of years because of the construction material (limestone) and craftsmanship.