One woman's push for 'a lasting and enduring tribute'

They say the power of a vigil lies in its ability to create awareness, affect change and honour the past.

If that’s true, 80-year-old Daphne Jenkins checks all three boxes, especially the last one. Her one-day, decades-long annual vigil has honoured and kept alive the memory of her father William Wentworth’s 1961 murder inside Kingston Penitentiary. She advocated for improved safety conditions and support for victim rights.

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She’s held her lonely day-long vigil unfailingly each November 24th for the past 31 years. In the beginning, Daphne’s late brother, Michael, joined in the vigil, which gradually gained sympathetic supporters and evolved into a coordinated push to pay tribute to Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) employees who died in the line of duty.

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