Verbatim transcript of an interview with Stephen Ross: Fremantle Prison [oral history] / / interviewer: Stuart Reid

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AuthorRoss, Stephen, 1952-; Reid, StuartCorporate AuthorJ.S. Battye Library of West Australian History Oral History UnitDescriptionLeft school in Year 10 before examinations -- Odd jobs, then kitchen and restaurant worker -- Becomes addicted to heroin -- Arrested for possession with intent to sell or supply -- Convicted 1978 - Differences in the way remand prisoners and sentenced prisoners are treated -- Observation -- Daily routine of a remand prisoner -- No allowances for religious faith or vegetarians -- Money and tobacco -- Prisoners' reactions to being in the Prison -- Working in the printshop -- Sentencing -- Visitors -- Prison smells and noises -- Officers' guns -- Reception of a new prisoner -- Description of Main Division -- Sharing a cell -- Karnet -- Home leave -- Solitary -- Reading the Bible -- Ronald Dodd -- Homosexuality -- Murderers -- Informers -- Violence and learning self-defence -- Keeping fit in gaol -- Prisoners' protest against conditions -- The Purple Circle -- Aboriginal prisoners -- Taking LSD -- Kangaroo court -- Codes of behaviour -- Tattoos -- Prisoners' adjustment to life in prison -- Parole -- Suicide attempts -- Rehabilitation and courses -- Counselling -- Crazy prisoners -- Parole BoardImprintMagna Entertainment, 1992.Collation5 sound cassettes (300 min.) + Transcript (50 leaves)Series Title Fremantle Prison oral history projectLanguageEnglishDate Published1992NotesInterview conducted by Stuart Reid on 20 and 23 December 1991 and 15 January 1992. Transcription by: Sheana Masterson. Access: Research: open -- Publication: name not to be used in any publication or broadcast. Transcript only held in the Fremantle City Library Local History Collection at the time of cataloguing. Index includedContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Original tapes and transcript held at the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History. Oral History Unit -- Battye reference OH 2230/9Dewey ClassOH/ROSAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemNo

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PeopleStephen RossStreetHevron StreetSubjectDrug abuse - Social problemPrison industriesPrisonersFremantle Prison - Conservation and restorationCollectionOral History Collection