Protection, predation and self-harm

Protection, predation & self-harm

Prisons can be violent places. Medical care in the prison system necessarily involves managing injuries resulting from altercations between prisoners or episodes of self-harm, with injuries often inflicted using hand-made weapons fashioned from every-day items. In addition, prisoners’ health can be adversely affected during management of riots when gas is used to subdue the prisoners.

Items from Goulburn Co rrectional Centre from the 1970s onwards On loan from Cooma GaolMuseum.