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单词 Convict Establishment
释义

Convict Establishment

英语百科

Fremantle Prison

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Fremantle Prison buildings, wall, and tunnels. North is at the left side of this diagram.
Legend 

  Cell blocks
  Workshops
  Hospital
  Reservoir building
  Tunnels
  Wall

  Gatehouse and houses on The Terrace
A re-creation of typical 1855 cell accommodation
View inside the tunnels

Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison in Fremantle, Western Australia. The six-hectare (15-acre) site includes the prison cellblocks, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, and tunnels. Initially known as the Convict Establishment or The Establishment, it was constructed as a prison for convicts, using convict labour, between 1851 and 1859. The prison was transferred to the colonial government in 1886 for use for locally-sentenced prisoners. Royal Commissions were held in 1898 and 1911, and instigated some reform to the prison system, but significant changes did not begin until the 1960s. The government department in charge of the prison underwent several reorganisations in the 1970s and 1980s, but the culture of Fremantle Prison was resistant to change. Growing prisoner discontent culminated in a 1988 riot with guards taken hostage, and a fire that caused $1.8 million worth of damage. The prison closed in 1991, replaced by the new maximum-security Casuarina Prison.

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