Tagged with Dr John Rynne

Dr John Rynne from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice was interviewedby ABC Sunshine and Cooloola Coasts about the prospect of a bikies-only prison at Woodford. Dr Rynne talked about conditions in maximum security prisons, prison legislation and recidivism. To listen to the interview, visit Bikies and prisons – an expert and the Attorney […]

Photographs displayed by Griffith University’s Dr John Rynne offer a sobering reminder of the bad old days of Australia’s prison system. The first, taken at Brisbane’s now closed Boggo Road jail, shows an inmate clinging to a wire fence while trying to escape over a wall. The next reveals the austere, almost medieval conditions of […]