Events

Join us at the Grimsby Museum for the second edition our new "True Crime Talk" series with guest speaker Cameron Willis for a thrilling presentation on  "Louis Gallow, Kingston Penitentiary, and Penal Reform"

Willis will explore the great changes that...

Join us at the Grimsby Museum for the second edition our new "True Crime Talk" series with guest speaker Cameron Willis for a thrilling presentation on  "Louis Gallow, Kingston Penitentiary, and Penal Reform"

Willis will explore the great changes that took place at Kingston Penitentiary and in the Canadian federal prison system in general during the twentieth century. This talk follows the life of Louis Gallow, who first came to Kingston Penitentiary in 1919 from Hamilton as a teenager and was paroled for the last time in 1978, to shed light on these changes. Gallow took part in many of the key events of the era and lived through the professionalization of staff, liberalization of discipline, the creation of a rehabilitative regime, habitual offender designations, and new low-security prisons. Explore how prisoners experienced penal change and thought of reform from the perspective of someone who spent much of the 20th century behind bars.

Pre-registration is required, space is limited so register now. Tickets are $10 per person.

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