TRUE CRIME

• 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) First Edition. #111024
• Escaped prisoners — Australia
• Escapes — Australia
• Is attempting to escape really worth the risk? Riveting true stories.

  Jailbreak chronicles the pick of Australian prison escapes with the most notorious prisons and most desperate escapees. Ranging from sheer brutality to love-conquers-all, every one of these stories is riveting and real.

  Featuring Russell Cox, the only man to escape from ‘escape-proof’ Katingal then try to break back in; hapless serial escapees Arthur ‘Slim’ Halliday and Darcy Dugan; Mulawa’s Julie Cashman and her two doomed lovers; the unstoppable Raymond Denning; Helicopter Man John Killick; tragic Pentridge escapee Ronald Ryan and many more.

  Escaping from prison is a huge risk to take. The men and women in these stories all decided it was worth the risk. See what you think…