Prison Chronicles

*WARNING* This episode contains disturbing themes. At Long Bay, there is a prison within a prison - The Acute Crisis Management Unit. It is here that inmates with self harm issues and suicidal ideation are housed. This episode explores the horrific tales of what happens in the A.C.M.U. If you, or anyone you know, has suicidal thoughts, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Available 24 hours a day. You are n...

This is my most heartbreaking episode. In the 1980’s, the AIDS epidemic took hold of the world. ​ Being HIV positive was akin to a death sentence. Having that diagnosis in prison...was even worse!. It was a frightening time, and both inmates and Officers were living in fear. This Episode tells the never before heard, devastating stories, of what is was like working in the AIDS Unit. Hosted on Acas...

For as long as there’s been prisons, inmates have tried to escape. We tell the stories of the unbelievable escapes that have happened from NSW prisons over the years. Eyewitness accounts from Officers that were there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1970’s, Australia opened it’s first ‘Supermax’ Prison. Designed to deprive inmates of any sense of the outside world, it was described by it’s detractors as an ‘electronic zoo’. Conditions were atrocious. Prisoners hated it, and Prison Officers loved it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Opened in 1909, the notorious Long Bay Prison Complex has 6 prisons on site housing over 1200 inmates. With so many inmates living there, it is more like a city than a gaol. Over it's long history it has housed the State’s most infamous inmates. We tell the stories you've never heard before...from those that were there! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maitland Gaol holds the record of the longest serving Prison in Australia, having been in continual use for 150 years.  In this Episode, we expose the never before told stories of life in one of Australia’s hardest prisons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When someone has been deemed too dangerous to be part of society, they are sent to prison. When the news cycle forgets about them, Prison Officers can’t, having to deal with these people face to face on a daily basis. We tell the stories of what really happens behind the walls of a prison.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this series Ex Prison Officers tell their harrowing stories of dealing with violent inmates, murderers, rapists and pedophiles in a job that is rarely spoken about. Violence, murder, riots, are just part of the absurdity of daily life in a maximum security facility. It is a tough job, facing down terrifying inmates, with negotiation skills, and bare hands, the only weapons at your disposal. Pri...