Locked Up Down Under
On January 26, 1788 the First of what would be 11 ships carrying 1,500 people half of them being convicts arrived in Sydney Harbour. This would be the start of a new British penal colony. When the transporting ended in 1868, roughly 160,000 men and women came to Australia as convicts (“Australia’s History”). Throughout this essay I hope to inform you on the conditions, the general populous, and some of the other inner workings of the Australian Prison and correctional system.
I was informed by a friend that guns in Austraila are banned, he tells me the only people that have guns over here are police and criminals. I chuckled at this. Criminals have their ways I suppose. As of 2014 Australia’s crime rate as reported by NationMaster.com was at 46.01%. There are roughly 30,000 people both sentenced and un-sentenced in Australian prisons today, this is according to the Australian bureau of statistics as of 2013 the number of inmates passed the 30,000 mark in …show more content…
There are several programs that are given in prisons across the country. The type of rehabilitation you have to take also depends on what your charges are. It also depends on where in the country you are currently imprisoned. One program though in particular stuck out to me. The Raptor Rehabilitation Program was originally started at Won Wron prison, but since its closure, Beechworth Correctional Centre took over the program. In this program minimum security prisoners help nurse injured birds of prey back to health. Since the programs start in 2005 more than 40 birds, including falcons, Owls, and wedge-tailed eagles, have been nursed back to health and is currently caring for a wedge-tailed eagle.(“Raptor Rehabilitation Program”) I liked this because I want to work at a facility that has a rehabilitation program similar to this. It may not be with birds but maybe horses or
On January 26, 1788 the First of what would be 11 ships carrying 1,500 people half of them being convicts arrived in Sydney Harbour. This would be the start of a new British penal colony. When the transporting ended in 1868, roughly 160,000 men and women came to Australia as convicts (“Australia’s History”). Throughout this essay I hope to inform you on the conditions, the general populous, and some of the other inner workings of the Australian Prison and correctional system.
I was informed by a friend that guns in Austraila are banned, he tells me the only people that have guns over here are police and criminals. I chuckled at this. Criminals have their ways I suppose. As of 2014 Australia’s crime rate as reported by NationMaster.com was at 46.01%. There are roughly 30,000 people both sentenced and un-sentenced in Australian prisons today, this is according to the Australian bureau of statistics as of 2013 the number of inmates passed the 30,000 mark in …show more content…
There are several programs that are given in prisons across the country. The type of rehabilitation you have to take also depends on what your charges are. It also depends on where in the country you are currently imprisoned. One program though in particular stuck out to me. The Raptor Rehabilitation Program was originally started at Won Wron prison, but since its closure, Beechworth Correctional Centre took over the program. In this program minimum security prisoners help nurse injured birds of prey back to health. Since the programs start in 2005 more than 40 birds, including falcons, Owls, and wedge-tailed eagles, have been nursed back to health and is currently caring for a wedge-tailed eagle.(“Raptor Rehabilitation Program”) I liked this because I want to work at a facility that has a rehabilitation program similar to this. It may not be with birds but maybe horses or