Life for the men at Port Arthur was far from easy, conditions were so atrocious that one-third of the convicts on the second fleet died before even arriving. The vast majority of convicts at Port Arthur were sentenced for property-related crimes but vagrancy and prostitution sentences weren't unheard of. Punishment at Port Arthur was cruel and harsh, punishments like this would not be allowed anymore.
It was a long way from England for the convicts, 8 months it took the first fleet to in Austraila. Convicts would be brought up to the top of the ship every few days, otherwise, they would be in the bottom of the vessel with hundreds of other convicts. convicts would get extremely seasick from being in the bottom of the boat, it was very common …show more content…
the idea of solitary confinement came around when the guards and the flagellator noticed that flogging the men was not teaching them to stop doing what they were doing but to become stronger and resist the pain and not to flinch or show that they were in pain, they thought that by putting the men by themselves would make they reflect on what they had done and make that realise that it was wrong. When you arrived at solitary confinement you would be taken through the rules an then given new set o clothes and a badge with a number on it when you were in there you were only called by this number and you were not allowed to talk or communicate with anyone. Marjory of people who went into solitary confinement came out not quite right, some would even say crazy. There are stories of a man who when he came out of solitary confinement thought he had spiders crawling all over him all the time, this sort of thing would have happened all the time because people simply can't go without human …show more content…
Men would be flogged for hours until their backbones were exposed and these men wouldn't show that they were in the slightest amount of pain if the flogging was really bad and they didn't show any pain on their faces they would be applauded by the other convicts and it became like a game in the sense that every man wanted to be the toughest and not flinch. Flogging didn't not only occur on convicts but soldiers and sailors as well. Flogging was one of the most common types of punishment at port Arthur but when solitary confinement opened it started to be used less often until 1849 when it was stopped altogether. Labour punishments were also used men would be made carry heavy objects such as logs, usually whilst in 6-13 kilogram leg irons that were chained together with other convicts. Convicts could have to wear these leg irons for up to a year and it was their responsibility to make sure they stayed in a good condition when these leg irons would be removed it would be with a chisel. the flour mill at Port Arthur used men to keep it running and this could be used as a punishment also, men would keep it turning by running up continuous stairs with caused exhaustion and
It was a long way from England for the convicts, 8 months it took the first fleet to in Austraila. Convicts would be brought up to the top of the ship every few days, otherwise, they would be in the bottom of the vessel with hundreds of other convicts. convicts would get extremely seasick from being in the bottom of the boat, it was very common …show more content…
the idea of solitary confinement came around when the guards and the flagellator noticed that flogging the men was not teaching them to stop doing what they were doing but to become stronger and resist the pain and not to flinch or show that they were in pain, they thought that by putting the men by themselves would make they reflect on what they had done and make that realise that it was wrong. When you arrived at solitary confinement you would be taken through the rules an then given new set o clothes and a badge with a number on it when you were in there you were only called by this number and you were not allowed to talk or communicate with anyone. Marjory of people who went into solitary confinement came out not quite right, some would even say crazy. There are stories of a man who when he came out of solitary confinement thought he had spiders crawling all over him all the time, this sort of thing would have happened all the time because people simply can't go without human …show more content…
Men would be flogged for hours until their backbones were exposed and these men wouldn't show that they were in the slightest amount of pain if the flogging was really bad and they didn't show any pain on their faces they would be applauded by the other convicts and it became like a game in the sense that every man wanted to be the toughest and not flinch. Flogging didn't not only occur on convicts but soldiers and sailors as well. Flogging was one of the most common types of punishment at port Arthur but when solitary confinement opened it started to be used less often until 1849 when it was stopped altogether. Labour punishments were also used men would be made carry heavy objects such as logs, usually whilst in 6-13 kilogram leg irons that were chained together with other convicts. Convicts could have to wear these leg irons for up to a year and it was their responsibility to make sure they stayed in a good condition when these leg irons would be removed it would be with a chisel. the flour mill at Port Arthur used men to keep it running and this could be used as a punishment also, men would keep it turning by running up continuous stairs with caused exhaustion and