Port Arthur, Australia
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Port Arthur, Australia |
Port Arthur, Australia
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Port Arthur Penal Colony: From 1833 until 1877, Port Arthur was the destination for those deemed the most hardened of convicted British criminals, those who were secondary offenders having reoffended after their arrival in Australia. Rebellious personalities from other convict stations were also sent there. In addition, Port Arthur had some of the strictest security measures of the British penal system. |
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Prisoners were required to remain silent, identified by number, wore hoods while in each company of others, not allowed to leave the Separate Prison building. Prisoners spent an hour's exercise and 23 hours of every day in his tiny cell in solitude and silence. Prisoners sometimes spent days in punishment cells without seeing light or hearing any sound. |
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Here they could not see other prisoners. |
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