Thanks Robbo, for setting up this excellent historic presentation page for Prison experiences and prison history information, with the grand old H.M.PRISON PENTRIDGE photograph, circa 1997 before it closed forever. Of the landmark Pentridge Main Gate and its famous clock tower, and the photo of the Prison Officers on duty inside Pentridge H. Division. If only this grand old solid bluestone Victorian Era public Maximum Security Gaol, was still fully intact, as it was in 1997, and was still being used as a fully functioning prison………………………..Pentridge Gaol was giving the death sentence and was found guilty of being to harsh on the prisoners by the bleeding hearts, prison rights activists, civil libertarians, and do-gooder prisoners rights politicians of all governments.
Pentridge Prison had none of the modern prison free comfortable five star, well feed three choice prison chefs meals with privileged, gym, foxtel, computer, swimming pool, private cell shower, heating and cooling conditions and rights, that the present criminals, complain about, sue and appeal against the harshness of their long and often too short sentences……… H.M. PRISON PENTRIDGE, was a real gaol, and no prisoners were ever in a hurry to return to it , with good reason and make it their retreat for a holiday resort, between crimes. Not like CLUB BARWON OR LODDON, which have No Vacancies at the moment, with Victoria Prisons and Police cells all overcrowding and bursting at the seams. Both the current Liberal/Nationals and the Labour Governments decommissioned , closed down and demolished so much of this functional fully operational and harsh and secure prison building, along also at around the same time, with several other strong then still working, functional , operating country prisons of .H.M. PRISONS GEELONG , BENDIGO , BEECHWORTH, ARARAT, CASTLEMAINE . Now all forced Closed, decommissioned, demolished and lost forever to The Victorian Prison Service, and the Victorian Governments lack of vision to the modern day increases in violent heinous crimes committed by ever increasing, armed robberies drug trafficking- and use, and sexual, and domestic and public assaults, right up to murder. ……………………………………………
Thanks again Robbo, and all readers and writers of the outstanding contributions and articals, keeping everyone on Aussie criminal up to date on the latest criminal intelligence….. I am most honoured by all your comments, to my postings, and hope to post more information on Victorian Criminals and Prison History for those who are interested. CHEERS, Steve.