Australia's Most Murderous Prison
Behind the Walls of Goulburn Jail
$19.54
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2016
Summary
Behind the walls of Goulburn Jail, from Australia’s number-one bestselling crime writer.
An unprecedented spate of murders in the 1990s - seven in just three years - earned Goulburn Jail the ominous name of ‘The Killing Fields’. Inmates who were sentenced or transferred to the 130-year-old towering sandstone menace declared they had been given a death sentence.
Gang alliances, power plays, contracted hits, the ice trade, the colour of your skin - even mistaken identity - any n…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857987518 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857987518 |
| Author: | James Phelps |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Ebury Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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James Phelps
James Phelps is an award-winning senior reporter for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph in Sydney.
He began his career on overnight police rounds before moving into sport, where he became one of Australia’s leading news-breaking rugby league reporters. James then transitioned to News Corp Australia as its Chief National Motorsports Writer. In this role, he traveled globally covering Formula 1 and became Australia’s foremost V8 Supercar reporter.
James also serves as a senior feature writer for the Sunday Telegraph.
Following the success of the bestselling Dick Johnson: The Autobiography of a True-Blue Aussie Sporting Legend, James returned to his journalistic roots to explore the criminal underworld. He has since authored a series of crime books: Australia’s Hardest Prison: Inside the Walls of Long Bay Jail, Australia’s Most Murderous Prison, and Australia’s Toughest Prisons: Inmates.
His accolades include two V8 Supercar media awards, and he is a former recipient of News Awards for ‘Young Journalist of the Year’ and ‘Sport Reporter of the Year’.
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