Fremantle Prison Yard

Fremantle Prison – The yard where the 1988 riot started. Two prisoners were brought in from this yard to take water from the drums of boiling water near the entry in order to deliver tea and hot water to the other cells as the rest of the prisoners were locked back away. Instead, they took the water and poured it over two guards stationed near the door, seventy prisoners rushed in from the yard and the riot began.

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