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Interesting information but not strictly correct

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381815) • Rockingham, Australia 19 May 22

As we entered the door of the Shipwreck Museum in Fremantle, Western Australia, we saw a notice board which contained a number of dot points about significant events that had all happened in that day – 16th May – but in different...

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We visit Fremantle Gaol

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381815) • Rockingham, Australia 16 May 22

My husband and I went on a bus trip today with members of a Probus club. We don’t belong to Probus but we helped make up the numbers they needed so the tour could go ahead. Firstly, we stopped at a lovely park to have morning...

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In days of yore - Campbell Town, Tasmania

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381815) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Aug 18

When we were in Tasmania, recently we came across these great road installations in the area of Campbell Town. I had to take the photos from the car as we drove by so there wasn’t time for niceties such as zooming up or focussing...

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Don’t even think about escaping

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381815) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Jul 18

I’ve written a little about the penal settlement at Port Arthur on the east coast of Tasmania. The settlement was for the worst behaved of the convicts and the treatment there was severe in the extreme. Port Arthur was a difficult...

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Company Hires Former Convicts

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 27 Oct 15

An Indian company is breaking ground in Detroit, Michigan for a factory that will actively recruit former convicts for many of the 350 jobs it will create. They expect to open the 180,000 square foot, $30 million plant in...

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What do you think about convicts?

stryker5 @stryker5 (52) • United States 20 Oct 08

I ask this question because I work in Corrections and it amazes me how many people fail to realize just how easy it is to become a convict. Do you think that, for the most part, they are all bad people? Do you feel that...

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On Death Row and Innocent

teneemo @teneemo (5) • United States 8 Oct 08

Babies are dying without a fair trial...I think it should be illegal to kill unborn children because they have not had a fair trial. Who gets death row and they are innocent?

abortion

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Do you think ex-felons deserve another chance?

Tashasmith @Tashasmith (172) • United States 27 Aug 08

This has been a question that is always comming up in one place or an other. Why is it so hard for ex'convicts to find employment? Are the programs provided really working? Do you know anyone who has had this problem?...

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how do criminals on the run manage not to get caught and hide in other states ?

lionceak @lionceak (65) • Moldova 12 Mar 08

you can always see on the news that there's another convinct that escaped prison and now is on the run . then you hear that the last known thing about him is that he crossed the border but other than that nothing . meaning for the...

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convicts imprisoned

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 17 May 07

This is about people who feel sorry for convicts in jail..... Theres a Federal prison close by and some people are always going down to the prison to attend concerts and plays put on by the convicts. These productions are...

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Ex-Cons : How should we treat them?

CatWrites @CatWrites (33) • United States 7 Feb 07

Parolees and even those who have completed their parole are often still treated like criminals. In some places they can never vote again. Is this fair? Ultimately, no matter what a person is convicted of, they end up serving a...

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Part 3 of " From Crime to Destitution"

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 1 Feb 07

Sorry, I can't write part 3 here. They don't allow copy & paste anymore, and I don't want to copy it out letter for letter. Anyone, who has read part 1 and 2, & would like to read part 3 (the final), please contact me with your...

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should ex-cons be allowed to wrok in a nursing home?

tohot666 @tohot666 (300) • United States 13 Jan 07

This question came up at work. I was wondering your opinion.

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Crimes - Have they increased? I am Scared..

Rashu169 @Rashu169 (4391) • India 12 Jan 07

Will the earth be safe for the future generation??? why has the crime rate gone up?? why people are killing or hurting others?? What needs to be done?

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I have fish called convicts in my tank.. what can be in with them??

jennifer611 @jennifer611 (2514) • United States 6 Jan 07

We got these fish from a friend not long ago.. I notice that they are pretty aggresive fish. I would love to have differant kinds of fish in my tank than just this one kind but I have no clue what can be in a tank with these.. I...

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Part 2 ... From Crime to Destitution

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 4 Jan 07

Birth records indicate that John and Jane were living in Adelaide in 1850. There are no shipping records to indicate they sailed to Adelaide so they may have travelled overland or via the Murray River. Unfortunately John and Jane...

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From Crime to Destitution... The Story of a Convict!

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 2 Jan 07

I would love to present my Family History in a book, but don't really know how to go about it? As it consists of a convict Ancestor, who married a full blood Aboriginal women, who travelled very widely and lived in great poverty,...

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do you think convicts have it too easy in prison

caraj444 @caraj444 (1075) • Canada 10 Nov 06

im not completely sure about this one and id like to hear peoples opinions. i do know we pay them a salary and while i understand it to prevent them from commiting another crime the minute they walk out of the prison by having to...

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