Paul Bernardo: Mohammad Shafia

Michael Briere Dept: Behind KP's bars today are Paul Bernardo , Michael Briere , Russell Williams and Mohammad Shafia and his son, Hamed . They are part of an inmate population of about 350. Like those five, nearly half of KP's inmates are serving life sentences, according to CBC. Five months later, there were 62 inmates, including women. By 1850, there were 410 inmates, including 24 women and girls a separate female section had been started in 1839 . Children flogged at Kingston Pen Sometime in the next two years the cell doors will shut for good on the place that has held some of Canada's most notorious criminals. On April 19, the federal government announced it will soon close Kingston Penitentiary, the oldest prison in Canada. When the first five convicts arrived from Toronto in 1835 to serve their time at what would come to be known as the Big House, the penitentiary was not yet open for business and they had to be held at the county jail for five days. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.