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  The new prisons constructed in the mid 19th century – including the Carleton County Gaol – were not built to replace the appalling conditions of their predecessors, but because it was believed the lax discipline, idleness and communication between inmates that was commonplace in these earlier gaols wasn’t punishment enough.  
   
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