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Tasmania - Archival Series

Deceased Prisoners Individual Files (1940 - 1972)

Risdon Prison and Campbell Street Gaol

From
1940
To
1972
Website
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=GD62
Reference No
GD62
Legal Status
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Series Number

The Deceased Prisoners' Individual Files date from 1940 to 1972. They include the inmate's description sheets, lists of offences, and sentences, as well as applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence. There are also newspaper cuttings and notes about the circumstances of the inmate's death. These inmates did not necessarily die in prison.

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Prepared by: Caroline Evans