Music videos. "Hold Back the River" by Miss Emily; "Leave it All Behind" by the Headstones; "Small Minds by Vera Sola" by Danielle Aykroyd.
Television programs. Murdoch Mysteries; the mini-series adapted from a Margaret Atwood novel called "Alias Grace."
Songs about the Kingston area correctional facilities: "He's 38 years old and never kissed a girl" by the Tragically Hip. (on YouTube.The song refers to Millhaven.) "Time Off for Good Behavior" by Neil Young: Lyrics: "My brother went to prison/He's in Kingston doin' time/He got seven years for sellin'/ What I've been smokin' all my life." (on YouTube.)
Unveiling of the Convict Lover plaque in Garrigan Park, Kingston--- site of the Penitentiary limestone quarry. KP prisoners built the Pen, Prison for Women, Church of the Good Thief, Rockwood Asylum, Isabel MacNeil Half-way House for Women, Portsmouth Half-way House for Men, Corrections Canada Museum, Stone Gables and the Penitentiary Water Tower. "The Prisoner's Song" by Guy Massey is performed by Hugh Christopher Brown in the YouTube video "Project Bookmark Canada: Unveiling of the Convict Lover plaque."
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