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Kingston penitentiary-which he described as dehumanizing-and wanted reforms. Knight expressed much fear that the prison guards would beat the inmates if they surrendered and wanted a promise that the guards would not beat the prisoners along with a royal pardon for any criminal acts committed during the riot. Haggart came to form a strong rapport with another member of the inmates' committee,
182:. The book caused much controversy as almost all Canadians had supported the use of War Measures Act in the October crisis. Both Haggart and Golden were accused of being "unpatriotic" for criticizing Trudeau and of being "soft on terrorism". Golden later stated: "He was totally inflamed by the injustice of it. He would stay up all night writing and in those days we used typewriters and they were pretty noisy".
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after the riot ended along with a promise that the prison guards would not beat the inmates, the hostages would be released unharmed. Haggart later wrote in the
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soft-core pornographic films that it frequently aired, and Haggart's presence helped to give Citytv more credibility. Haggart then founded the
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