by keithold is a prodigal bagger on October 26th, 2009

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What was life like for the average convict in Australia?

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  • by Gabstar on October 27th, 2009

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    pretty harsh as i understand it

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  • by RElise on October 27th, 2009

    RElise

    Pretty bloody horrific. Been to Port Arthur a few times and done the tours where they tell you about things that happened, its something, that no matter how long ago it was, I find hard to believe could be legally allowed. The punishments, the 'living' conditions, it was brutal. So much of it for trivial things like stealing a loaf of bread.
    Have you watched Van Diemens Land, about Alexander Pearce?

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  • by dmb86 on October 27th, 2009

    dmb86

    Better than it used to be, but still harsh. I was in Fremantle, <a href="http://www.travels.com/destinations/australia-new-zealand/" title="australia" style="", class="stronglinks" target="_blank" />Australia</a> in 2008 and went by a prison that recently closed there. WOW They had some of the harshest living conditions. Our cells are huge compared to theirs. Australia also hung people up until 1991!! I even got to see where they were hung. It was a small room, with places for witnesses and the prisoner would stand on a trap door style floor and have the rope around the neck, and then a special someone would pull a release mechanism and away they went. Pretty crazy to think that people were still hung in our life time(I was born in 86).

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