port arthur was also the destination for juvenile convicts, receiving many boys, some as young as nine. the boys were separated from the main convict population and kept on point puer, the british empire's second boys' prison. like the adults, the boys were used in hard labour such as stone cutting and construction. one of the buildings constructed was one of australia's first nondenominational churches, built in a gothic style. attendance of the weekly sunday service was compulsory for the prison population. critics of the new system noted that this and other measures seemed to have negligible impact on reformation.