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35.5 years old; born in Australia; did not complete high school; a history of alcohol and drug abuse; single and unemployed at the time he entered the prison system; sentence of three years in a medium security prison; more likely than not to have been imprisoned previously; In 2015, the average female prisoner in Victoria was: [57] 36 years ...
Pages in category "Defunct prisons in Australia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Defunct prisons in Western Australia (7 P) This page was last edited on 2 December 2023, at 11:07 (UTC). Text ...
Australian Convict Sites is a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on fertile Australian coastal strips at Sydney, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, and Fremantle; now representing "...the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers ...
Australia Convict Prison Old Newgate Prison: East Granby: Connecticut: United States Prison Former mine/Colonial prison; also spelled "Old New-Gate Prison" Old Prison (Victoria) Ċittadella: Victoria, Gozo: Malta: Prison Official webpage: Old Prison Museum (Deer Lodge, Montana) Deer Lodge: Montana: United States Prison Old Wilkes Jail ...
Includes operational and former Australian prisons and immigration detention centres. Australia portal See also: Crime in Australia , List of Australian penal colonies , and List of Australians in international prisons
The prison was built using convict labour in the 1850s. Although a convict-supported settlement was established in Western Australia from 1826 to 1831, direct transportation of convicts did not begin until 1850. It continued until 1868. During that period, 9,668 convicts were transported on 43 convict ships.
The Old Melbourne Gaol is a former jail and current museum on Russell Street, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings, and opposite the Russell Street Police Headquarters.