TENNIS - FAVOURITE GAME IN PRISON -

Warders in Fremantle Prison may have wondered why tennis quickly became the most popular recreational activity in the prison after the tennis courts were opened near one of the high prison walls.

Prisoners quickly worked out that it was possible to cut a tennis ball, place a message inside and throw it over the wall to an accomplice waiting outside.

Contraband could then be inserted into the ball and it was thrown back over the wall to the waiting inmate. There were a flurry of little green missiles going to and fro over the high prison wall and it was apparently some time before the authorities caught on to what was going on.

Needless to say, once this activity was discovered, tennis in prison became a thing of the past.

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