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Title
Untitled article: “the medieval barbarities of our state criminal factoriesâ€
Subject
criminal justice, justice, crime, criminal, just, Fremantle, Fremantle prison, gaol, Geraldton Express, incarceration, imprisonment, innocence, medieval barbarity, parliamentary enquiry, penal system, prison, prison reform, prison sentence, punishment, reform, Royal Commission, violence, WA, Western Australia
Description
In the second half of this article, an excerpt from the Geraldton Express discussing the Royal Commission into the penal system in Western Australia is reprinted. The Commission, it asserts, had already succeeded in awaking public opinion to the need for reform and had led to the release of a number of innocent men from prison. In an attempt to emphasise the obsolete practices and inhumane punishments of the penal administration, the author associates them with the pre-modern past. The role of the Commission is described as being “to inquire into the Chamber of National Horrors at Fremantle and the medieval barbarities of our state criminal factoriesâ€.
Creator
Anon.
Source
National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32632366
Publisher
West Australian Sunday Times
Date
25 December 1898, p. 18.
Rights
West Australian Sunday Times
Format
Newspaper Article
Language
English
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Original Format
Newspaper Article
National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32632366