Prison in lockdown after death
By Maria Hatzakis
Posted Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:08pm AEDT
Updated Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:08pm AEDT
Updated Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:08pm AEDT
Capricornia Correctional Centre near Rockhampton in central Queensland. (ABC TV News)
A central Queensland prison is in lockdown as investigations continue into the death of an inmate this morning.
Officers say a 30-year-old man was involved in an incident with another prisoner, at the Capricornia Correctional Centre north of Rockhampton, just after 9am AEST.
He was pronounced dead after being taken to the centre's medical facility.
Inmate's death sends jail into lockdown
CHRISTINE KELLETT
December 16, 2009
A central Queensland jail is in lockdown following the alleged bashing death of a prisoner this morning.The 30 year-old man was being held in Capricornia Correctional Centre, north of Rockhampton, when it is believed a fight broke out with another inmate just after 9am.
The injured man was taken to the prison's medical centre for transfer to Rockhampton Base Hospital but passed away.
Police were called to the jail this morning and have set up a crime scene.
Corrective Services will also investigate the incident.
A spokesman said all prisoners were being held in their cells while preliminary inquiries were completed.
Inmate death sparks investigation
By Maria Hatzakis
Posted December 17, 2009 09:21:00
Updated December 17, 2009 09:35:00
Updated December 17, 2009 09:35:00
The inmate died from significant head injuries. (ABC TV News)
Police are yet to lay charges over the death of an inmate at a central Queensland prison yesterday.
Authorities say a 30-year-old man was assaulted by another prisoner at a walkway inside the Capricornia Correctional Centre on Rockhampton's northern outskirts just after 9:00am (AEST).
A post-mortem examination will be conducted today on the body of the 30-year-old man from Gladstone, who was serving a six-month sentence on break and enter charges.
He had been due to be released in May next year but died after being assaulted by another prisoner.
The inmate died from significant head injuries.
The centre was placed in lockdown after the incident.
An officer from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit has arrived in Rockhampton from Brisbane to help police detectives with the investigation.
Queensland Corrective Services Commissioner Kelvin Anderson was at the facility to present long service awards to staff when the incident happened.
Con enters third day of rooftop protest
A DANGEROUS prisoner armed with scissors is still on the roof of a high-security Queensland prison, sending the complex into lockdown for a third day.Convicted murderer Alex Richmond-Sinclair climbed onto the roof of Borallon Correctional Centre, on the outskirts of Ipswich, west of Brisbane, on Monday morning.
At 6.30am (AEST) today he was still on the roof, armed with scissors, while police were monitoring him closely.
"We are still negotiating with him to see if he will come down," a police spokeswoman said.
Richmond-Sinclair has rolled out three signs on top of the roof, with protest slogans such as "prisoners get inadequate medical care".
Ross McSwain from the office of the Commissioner of Queensland Corrective Services said it was believed Richmond-Sinclair, 25, had the signs prepared before scaling the roof.
"How the prisoner got the materials and got onto the roof will be investigated," Mr McSwain said.
He said the prison has been in lockdown since Monday, with visitors turned away from the 490-bed complex.
Richmond-Sinclair is serving a 12-year sentence for killing another prisoner at the Woodford Correctional Centre, north of Brisbane, in July 2006.
He was sentenced in August 2008 and would have been eligible for parole in May 2016.
Murderer armed with scissors in prison siege
07:30 AEST Tue Mar 23 2010
A convicted murderer armed with scissors looks set to spend his second night on the roof of a high-security Queensland prison after he climbed up there in protest on Monday morning. Dozens of police have been unable to get Alex Richmond-Sinclair, 25, down from the roof of the Borallon Correctional Centre in Ipswich after spending a day negotiating with the inmate by mobile phone.
Sinclair had not eaten or drunk anything since his escape to the roof and had spent much of the day pacing back and forth, a Corrective Services spokesman told ninemsn.
Richmond-Sinclair, who is serving a 12-year sentence for killing another prisoner at the Woodford Correctional Centre north of Brisbane in July 2006, also threatened to jump off the roof.
The spokesperson said it was not yet clear how the prisoner had escaped from custody or what he hoped to achieve with the standoff.
Aerial photographs of the roof show Richmond-Sinclair standing next to large handwritten signs complaining about the state of health care for prisoners.
"Prisoners get inadequate medical care," one sign reads, while another claimed the lack of quality care was equivalent to torture.
Borallon remains in lockdown and prisoners have been isolated in their cells.
Richmond-Sinclair was sentenced in August 2008 and would have been eligible for parole in May 2016.
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Revealed: the man charged with Carl Williams' murder
Steve Butcher
October 19, 2010
Carl Williams' accused killer named
Matthew Johnson, the man accused of murdering Carl Williams, can be named after court orders suppressing his identity are lifted.
THE identity of the man charged with the jailhouse bashing murder of gangland boss Carl Williams can now be revealed.
He is Matthew Charles Johnson, 37, who is accused of attacking Williams in a day room in the maximum security Acacia unit of Barwon Prison in April.
Williams, 39, who was serving multiple life sentences for a series of Melbourne gangland murders, suffered massive head injuries and a heart attack.
Matthew Johnson.
It is alleged that Johnson used the stem of an exercise bike in the attack on Williams, who was seated, which chief commissioner Simon Overland has said was captured on CCTV footage.
At the time of his death, Williams was sharing the unit with Johnson and another inmate, Thomas "Little Tommy" Ivanovic, who was present.
Two suppression orders that have prevented Johnson's name being published were lifted today.
Williams, who was jailed for a minimum of 35 years by Justice Betty King in 2007, is believed to have been dragged into his cell after the attack where he was found about 20 minutes later by prison officers.
Johnson first appeared unrepresented on the murder charge in Geelong Magistrates Court soon after Williams' death.
He appeared again in July in the same court where his solicitor Christopher Traill announced that his client's defence to the charge was likely to be "defensive homicide".
The heavily-built and head-shaved Johnson was in court again this week, flanked by five prison officers seated behind security glass.
He is also listed to appear this Friday in Geelong on the murder charge where a witness list for a later contested committal is expected to be finalised and to discuss subpoena issues.
Williams' father George Williams and former wife Roberta Williams are expected to be called as witnesses at the committal, presently booked for next month, along with a number of prison officers.
Three separate investigations have been launched into Williams' death.
He was jailed after pleading guilty to the murders of Lewis Moran, his son Jason and Mark Mallia and for conspiring to murder Mario Condello.
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