Intractable Katingal Inside Australia's First Super Max Prison by Bernie Matthews
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Intractable Katingal Inside Australia's First Super Max Prison

Author: Bernie Matthews
Condition: In good condition. At least half a dozen dog eared pages. The pages are otherwise clean and tidy. No writing. No tears. No stuck pages. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir Australiana True Crime

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Intractable: Katingal lifts the lid on Australia’s first super-max prison through the unfiltered voice of former inmate Bernie Matthews. This 2006 Pan Macmillan paperback blends true crime, criminology and gritty memoir as Matthews recounts life inside the notorious Katingal unit, where the “intractables” were meant to be broken.

Readers who relish true-crime autobiographies will find the 432-page narrative both harrowing and human, offering street-level insight into prison politics, survival tactics and the psychological toll of solitary confinement. Matthews’ storytelling keeps the pace tight while criminology buffs gain a rare grassroots view of Australia’s penal experiment.

The book itself is in good, gently read shape: pages are clean and unmarked, binding remains tight, and the copy comes from a smoke-free home. A handful of dog-eared corners are the only reminder of its journey, with no writing, tears or stuck leaves to distract from the read.

Perfect for collectors of Australian true crime or anyone seeking an authentic, behind-bars perspective, this edition stands as a compelling testament to resilience and a sobering study of institutional control.