About this episode

Adam Shand explores the violent history of Jika Jika, a high-tech prison division, through the insights of former bank robber Doug Morgan.

In the second part of Adam's journey into super max jails within jails, former bank robber Doug Morgan takes us into Jika Jika, the high-tech successor to H Division in Pentridge Jail. The futuristic concrete and glass division allowed staff to keep inmates under surveillance at all times, but the sterile and dehumanising design took its toll, leading to extreme violence and a protest fire that caused the death of five inmates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Shand

Guest: Doug Morgan

Topics covered

• super max jails
• violence
• prison design
• inmate surveillance
• protests
• true crime

Keywords

• Jika Jika
• Pentridge Jail
• super max
• Doug Morgan
• prison violence
• inmate surveillance
• protest fire
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jika Jika, Pentridge Jail

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