Shane Madej

That's why it's cool. Yeah, that's why it's great. They actually fucking did something about it. Now, British convicts were first sent to Botany Bay near Sydney, but within a few years, the British government began pouring criminals specifically into the island of Tasmania. By 1832, the island was home to over 12,000 British convicts who were used mostly for slave labor.

That's why it's cool. Yeah, that's why it's great. They actually fucking did something about it. Now, British convicts were first sent to Botany Bay near Sydney, but within a few years, the British government began pouring criminals specifically into the island of Tasmania. By 1832, the island was home to over 12,000 British convicts who were used mostly for slave labor.

They produced timber and wheat, they worked in the coal mines, and they processed the meat and blubber from whales and seals. Prisoners would work at least 12 hours a day in chains and quite a few died either during labor or as a result of the brutal punishments enacted by their jailers.

They produced timber and wheat, they worked in the coal mines, and they processed the meat and blubber from whales and seals. Prisoners would work at least 12 hours a day in chains and quite a few died either during labor or as a result of the brutal punishments enacted by their jailers.

They produced timber and wheat, they worked in the coal mines, and they processed the meat and blubber from whales and seals. Prisoners would work at least 12 hours a day in chains and quite a few died either during labor or as a result of the brutal punishments enacted by their jailers.

The most common punishment in the penal colonies was flogging with a cat a nine tails where the prisoner would be tied to a triangle shaped wooden frame and flogged while the guards and the other prisoners verbally roasted them.

The most common punishment in the penal colonies was flogging with a cat a nine tails where the prisoner would be tied to a triangle shaped wooden frame and flogged while the guards and the other prisoners verbally roasted them.

The most common punishment in the penal colonies was flogging with a cat a nine tails where the prisoner would be tied to a triangle shaped wooden frame and flogged while the guards and the other prisoners verbally roasted them.

They were frozen in time by suicide. But according to the prisoners, the punishment that was far worse than the potentially fatal practice of flogging was the psychologically debilitating practice of rock breaking, which was saved for only the worst of the worst.

They were frozen in time by suicide. But according to the prisoners, the punishment that was far worse than the potentially fatal practice of flogging was the psychologically debilitating practice of rock breaking, which was saved for only the worst of the worst.

They were frozen in time by suicide. But according to the prisoners, the punishment that was far worse than the potentially fatal practice of flogging was the psychologically debilitating practice of rock breaking, which was saved for only the worst of the worst.

In this punishment, prisoners would be chained to an iron post where they would be forced to smash rocks with a hammer for 12 hours a day without being able to move from that one single spot. The punishment here was the monotony, which drove some prisoners to the brink of insanity.

In this punishment, prisoners would be chained to an iron post where they would be forced to smash rocks with a hammer for 12 hours a day without being able to move from that one single spot. The punishment here was the monotony, which drove some prisoners to the brink of insanity.

In this punishment, prisoners would be chained to an iron post where they would be forced to smash rocks with a hammer for 12 hours a day without being able to move from that one single spot. The punishment here was the monotony, which drove some prisoners to the brink of insanity.

For example, one prisoner became so unhinged after rock breaking day after day that he beat another prisoner to death because a trip to the gallows was, in his mind, preferable to enduring another second of rock breaking.

For example, one prisoner became so unhinged after rock breaking day after day that he beat another prisoner to death because a trip to the gallows was, in his mind, preferable to enduring another second of rock breaking.

For example, one prisoner became so unhinged after rock breaking day after day that he beat another prisoner to death because a trip to the gallows was, in his mind, preferable to enduring another second of rock breaking.

Yeah, eventually.

Yeah, eventually.

Yeah, eventually.