JIKA_JIKA MEMORIAL

This Website Is Dedicated To And For My Brother, As Well Remembering Those Who Lost Their Lives In This Tragic Event. My Heart Goes Out To All Family & Friends For The Loss Of Their Loved Ones. I also Would Like To Say We Must Not Forget Those Who Were There On The Day AlsoThose Surrounded By The Event That Were Deeply Affected By This Whole Thing. Others That Were There (We Know Who They Are) Who Played A Negative Role On TheDay Tell Me "Does It Haunt You"!!

Within the Bluestone walls a protest initiated by conditions in Jika-Jika! Inside the now closed prison which was called Pentridge Prison, inmates Robert Wright,Jimmy Loughnan, Arthur Gallagher, David McGauley and Ricky Morris sealed off their section doors with a tennis net. Mattresses and other bedding were then stacked against the doors. The windows in the day room were then covered with paper so theprison officers couldn't identify which prisoners caused the ensuing damage.Plumbing was then torn from the walls in the cells to enable the prisoners to breathe for when the fire was started, as Jika Jika was completely free of any fresh air what so ever. It was a climate controlled division.In spite of the Men's attempts to avoid the toxic black smoke by breathing through the plumbing all 5 lost their lives.The 4 men on the other side of the unit survived, Craig. M, Richard. L & Ollie. D; all spent days after in the prison hospital Recovering.

  Ricky You Are Always Remembered Many Years On, Miss You Heaps, Always In My Heart

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