Verbatim transcript of an interview with Neil McKeaig, prison officer [oral history]

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AuthorMcKeaig, Neil, 1954-; Tonkin, ArthurCorporate AuthorJ.S. Battye Library of West Australian History Oral History UnitDescriptionCatholic upbringing in Western Australia -- Attitude to the death sentence, imprisonment and rehabilitation -- Salary and working conditions as a prison officer -- Selection of officers -- Training at Wooroloo -- Prison administration -- Sentencing and placement of prisoners -- Organisation of Fremantle Prison -- Special prisoners -- Uniforms -- Prison officers qualities, promotion and duties -- Management philosophies -- Social life -- Treatment of prisoners -- Aboriginal prisoners -- Christmas in Fremantle Prison -- Alcohol -- Solitary confinement -- Prison Officers' Union -- Officers' conditions of service and standing in the community -- Visitors -- Inter-personal skills level of prisoners -- Confrontation -- The CDF formula -- Young inmates -- Troublemakers -- Selection criteria for prison officers -- Riot of 1988 -- Design of Fremantle PrisonImprint1989CollationTranscript (61 p.)Series Title Fremantle Prison oral history projectLanguageEnglishDate Published1989NotesInterview conducted by Arthur Tonkin on 1 August and 23 October 1989. Transcription by: Sheana Masterson. Access: Research: open -- Publication and Photocopying: written permission of Mr McKeaig required. Transcript only held in the Fremantle City Library Local History Collection at the time of cataloguing. This transcript part of a volume of 5 held at LH 365.994 BUIContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Original tapes and transcript held at the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History. Oral History Unit -- Battye reference OH 2230/4Dewey ClassOH/MCKAudio FormatUnknownDigital ItemNo

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PeopleNeil John McKeaigSubjectPrisonersFremantle Prison - Conservation and restorationFremantle Prison - Officials and EmployeesFremantle Prison - Violence CollectionOral History Collection