Long Bay: A Prison History by Patrick Kennedy

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Partial date due slip on inside cover. Interior and binding are excellent.

Long Bay has housed some of Australia's most notorious criminals: Tilly Devine, Darcy Dugan, Russell Cox, Neddy Smith, Chow Hayes, Bernie Matthews, Rex Jackson, and Roger Rogerson have all spent time behind its bars.

Patrick Kennedy has a personal connection: his parents worked there as medical staff, and he grew up metres from the outer wall. As a paramedic, he tended to Russell Cox after his escape attempt and was one of the first on the scene at Prison Officer John Mewburn's murder.

He takes us behind the scenes of Australia's most brutal prison, telling the stories of inmates, prison officers and nurses. Kennedy is the only author to have been given access to the Forensic Hospital.

Full of contemporary and historical photos, this is the first comprehensive history of Long Bay Correctional Centre. (back cover)