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Inside an Australian supermax prison (2005) | Four Corners

This Four Corners documentary was originally broadcast as Supermax on 7 November 2005, on ABC TV.
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
Chris Masters presents this exclusive and compelling insight into Australia's most feared jail - Goulburn's high-risk management unit, Supermax - and considers the eternal dilemma of prison policy: how to square the primary demand for public safety against the rights and welfare of prisoners, and their possible rehabilitation.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro: Australia’s toughest jail
03:15 - There is no life behind these walls
05:50 - Rotten Ron
08:16 - Royal Commission
09:11 - Prison Riots
10:52 - A good thing for the prison population to grow
11:38 - Killing fields
12:38 - Cultural/ethnic Alliances
13:41 - Gang warfare - ‘White Pride’
14:55 - Ethnic clustering
17:45 - Separated
18:25 - Nothing to lose
19:43 - Arming up
20:45 - Gang squad
22:25 - Shoot to kill
24:30 - Escaping Jail
25:30 - Supermax
28:10 - Searched
29:00 Solitary
31:45 - It’s about control
34:25 - Clinical
36:05 - One way glass
37:15 - Terrorism
38:40 - Hit back
39:40 - Mental health
42:00 - Prison staff
43:40 - Time bomb
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