This non-fiction book explores the true story of H Division, the punishment division within Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, that operated from 1958-1994, which was responsible for cultivating criminals who committed horrific crimes upon their release.Established in 1958 to punish prisoners like William O'Meally, the last man legally flogged in Australia, H Division, or Hell Division as it became known, established a culture so ferocious, in 1972 the Victorian Government was forced to h...

A Green Light is a series of 3 books: THE KINGDOM OF CHILDREN, THE KINGDOM OF MEN and THE KINGDOM. Each explores the dramatic development of Australia's most notorious hitman, Johnny Morgan, who could have been a normal upstanding citizen but chose to become a ruthless killer. These 3 books take our understanding of the criminal mind to a new level. They can be read in any order.In Book 3, A GREEN LIGHT: THE KINGDOM crime writer, playwright and screenwriter, Ray Mooney, explores Jo...

In Book 1 of A GREEN LIGHT: THE KINGDOM OF CHILDREN crime writer, playwright and screenwriter, Ray Mooney, masterfully explores the development of an ordinary boy into a cold-blooded killer.Johnny Morgan is born into a suburban working class catholic family where he matures, on the one hand, within the strict regime of Catholicism and on the other, within a knockabout world where brute force and cunning are the preferred means of dealing with authority and survival.The resu...

In Book 2 of A GREEN LIGHT: THE KINGDOM OF MEN crime writer, playwright and screenwriter, Ray Mooney, takes us into the world of Pentridge Prison, including the notorious punishment section, known as H for Hell Division.Johnny Morgan is doing 12 years for manslaughter and rape. His sporting prowess and fighting ability earn him respect within a world devoid of sentimentally or kindness. Eager to earn maximum remission by keeping out of trouble he involves himself in debating and dr...

Martin Bryant – who killed 35 people and injured another 23 at Port Arthur in 1996 – is a 160kg slob who trades sex for chocolate in Risdon Prison. Twenty years after Australia’s worst massacre, his blond hair is gone, and so is his self-righteous smirk . . . but he is as evil as ever, showing no remorse for the crimes that shook the nation. He is just one of the killers in the rogues’ gallery of Australia's Toughest Prisons: Inmates.You will meet the alleged hitman and un...

An insider look into the workings of Melbourne's famous crime family, from Australia's most notorious criminal lawyer - including stories on Lewis and Jason Moran, the central crime figures in Melbourne's gangland killings.This chapter ebook is an extract from In Any Case, a compelling blue-chip collection of Fraser's fascinating stories of people he has defended over the years as well as his own battles with the law, and himself.

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 number of things could seal your fate.The worst race war in the history of Australian pr...

Ever wondered what life is like for our Aussie jailbirds? Is it as bad as Wentworth or Orange is the New Black? No. It’s worse.Ivan Milat, the notorious backpacker serial killer, is not the most feared person in the prison system. Nor is it Martin Bryant, the man responsible for claiming 35 lives in the Port Arthur massacre. No, the person in Australia controversially ruled ‘too dangerous to be released’, the one who needs chains, leather restrain...

'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever seen.' Andrew Kirby, former inmateWelcome to Pentridge, Australia's most infamous prison.In the long-awaited return to his bestselling true crime series on life behind bars, James Phelps has finally turned his attention to HM Prison Pentridge - the bluestone behemoth that was home to Victoria's worst criminals for more than a century.Beginning with a g...

SOON TO BE A TV MINISERIES ON PARAMOUNT+WINNER OF THE DANGER PRIZE 2018John Ibrahim's incredible life story told in his own words.Last King of the Cross lays bare Australia's most notorious underworld figure.In the mongrel tongue of the streets, John writes of fleeing war-torn Tripoli with his family and growing up in Sydney's rough and tumble west - before establishing himself as a...

'How did a kid from the country who dreamed of joining the Victoria Police, end up on the wrong side of the bars? There are a lot of reasons, and I hope this story will help clarify some of them, not only for you, the reader, but for me too, because a lot of the time I am left shaking my head, wondering how things went so wrong.'Paul Dale knows he is tainted. After almost fifteen years as a cop, working in Homicide and rising to the rank of Detective Sergeant in the Victor...

Welcome to Long Bay, Australia's hardest prison. For the first time, guards and inmates of the notorious South Sydney facility reveal what really goes on behind its towering concrete walls.Opened in 1909 Long Bay Jail, originally a women's reformatory, has a dark and extraordinary history.From ghosts to legendary prisoners, there has been an infamous collection of Long Bay 'guests', including the formidable Neddy Smith, convicted rapists the Skaf brothers a...