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Yatala Labour Prison

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Australian Prisons
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Latitude
-34.8436
Longitude
138.628
Start Date
1854
End Date
2999

Description

Yatala Labour Prison was built to provide accommodations for prisoners whose labour could be used for public works. Initially, 25 prisoners were sent to the Dry Creek site in 1854 to work in the nearby quarries. Prisoners were required to break one cubic yard of rock per day. The prison buildings were repeatedly expanded between the 1850s and 1880s to accommodate larger numbers of prisoners. In the twentieth century prisoners moved from rock breaking into goods production, including boot making, tailoring, tin-smithing, blacksmithing, carpentry and masonry. In 1968 the decision was taken to build a new industries complex on the site, and the provision of educational programmes at the prison expanded across the 1970s. Poor morale among prisoners led to a major prison riot in 1983 that caused significant damage and necessitated major renovations. Today Yatala is a minimum to maximum-security prison for men with capacity to hold up to 458 inmates.

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t984