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AU WA S707
Title
OCCURRENCE BOOKS - CONDEMNED CELLS
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- 1903-03-13 - 1984-08-22 (Creation)
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AU WA A220 - FREMANTLE PRISON
(1855-01-01 - 1991-10-31)
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Fremantle Prison was built by convict labour between 1851 and 1855, and was first occupied in 1855. The Prison was closed in 1991 when the last prisoners were transferred to the new prison at Casuarina.
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Detailed record of occurrences in the condemned cells. The death sentence was abolished on 22.8.1984 by the Abolition of Capital Punishment Act. While there were no executions in Western Australia after 26 October 1964 the death sentence was handed down on a number of occasions before it was abolished. Until the sentence was commuted the prisoner was confined in the condemned cells.
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Restricted 70 years
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