Went to gaol - seems all the old jails are spelt Gaol. Adelaide gaol has not very high walls, topped with loose bricks. The idea is the inmates would bring the bricks down, making some noise. At least one set of guys made it out by standing on each others' shoulders.
Ollie the inmate.
Near the entry, visitors could talk to their loved ones via a double mesh. We did the same, just like in the movies. The old setup simply had a bar, so everyone would be shouting over everyone's conversations. Must have been difficult for personal topics or say meeting with your lawyer etc.
The gaol was used until the 80s roughly.
One of the inmates was in for a short time, but was an artist, so put up some amazing paintings straight onto the wall.
All the gruesome details of how it was done here.
There was an inner set of walls and buildings surrounded by a corridor with one more wall to make it over. Seems pretty secure to me! Security cameras were recent.
This is inside the tower.
A collection of home made knives.
Courtyards for exercise.
There were two places were executions were done - a beautiful old tower, pictured on the right here.
There were two rooms, one for the prisoner to sit and think about things for two hours prior, and one for the executioner to pull the lever to the trapdoor. It's a very uncomfortable feeling to see these things. Not sure how people could set it all up and pull the lever.
Executions were at 8am, so the prisoner would have gotten in at around 6am, then sit in the room next to the scaffold to think about life.
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