On The Side Lines: General Penitentiary the new home of incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel
General Penitentiary
This is the new home of incarcerated Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel who was recently moved to this new maximum security facility built just after slavery ended 1845. Slavery officially ended 1838.
This stately looking design looks similar to the Penitentiary commonly called the “Kingston Pen”, located in Kingston, Ontario. Canada. This would not be surprising as both countries, Jamaica and Canada were former British colonies … you will notice similar names, “Kingston”.
Kingston is the capital of Jamaica and was also former capital of Canada.
In my yet to be published book “Tales Of Two Kingstons” these similarities are catalogued.
The undersigned lived, studied and was a, newspaper writer, broadcaster etc. in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the late 1990s.
Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie is Senior International Correspondent & photojournalist for Vision Newspaper Canada/Caribbean Region.
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
