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Australian studies in law, crime and justice
The abuse of prisoners in New South Wales 1943-76
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Wayward governance : illegality and its control in the public sector / P N Grabosky
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989
ISBN 0 642 14605 5
(Australian studies in law, crime and justice series)
Abstract
In the period of thirty years after the Second World War, the New South Wales prison system was characterised by frequent brutal and corrupt management by prison authorities. The author describes some of the more extreme practices at Grafton Gaol and Bathurst Gaol. He describes the attempts to reform the system in the light of the recommendations of the Nagle Royal Commission.