Two tubs of property, six minute phone calls and a cheap watch — Oliver Curtis’ new life behind bars

TWO tubs of property, six minute phone calls and a cheap wrist watch — this is the new life of former high flying banker and husband of PR Queen Roxy Jacenko, Oliver Curtis.

Oliver Curtis, picture with wife Roxy Jacenko, will have to forgo such luxuries as their Bentley for a while. Picture: John Grainger

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TWO tubs to hold personal ­effects, six-minute phone calls and a cheap watch — this is life behind bars for former high-flying banker Oliver Curtis.

The convicted insider trader and husband of Sydney publicist Roxy Jacenko has spent his first nights of his two-year fixed sentence at the Silverwater Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre as he awaits classification and a bed.

As part of the processing procedures, inmates are each given their own master index number and an identity card required to be allowed access visits, buy supplies, and get mail and medication.

Curtis is led, handcuffed, to a waiting prison transport van after being sentenced for insider trading. Picture Craig Greenhill

Curtis is expected to be housed in a Sydney prison to be closer to his family.

On arriving at the centre, they are visited by a nurse to discuss any medical issues ­before being given an induction on visits, rules, programs and work opportunities.

Inmates are allowed two sets of court clothes among two tubs of personal items.

Visits are permitted during designated hours, but only if booked in advance, and jail staff must be notified in ­advance if children are to be brought along.

Prisoners are allowed to make local calls of no longer than six minutes — 10 minutes for legal calls — but incoming calls are banned.

While life for 30-year-old Curtis will be a far cry from the lavish lifestyle he enjoyed prior to his conviction, a prison source said the former investment banker will be afforded some “freedoms” given his expected minimum security classification.

 

There was huge media interest in the trial.

Jacenko turned up to court each day with her husband.

Curtis and Jecenko were married in 2012 and have two daughters together.

Inmates classified C2 can apply to serve out their time in camps, where they can take part in livestock work, community outreach programs and viniculture. With Curtis expected to remain in Sydney where he can be close to his family, authorities may be looking to place him in Long Bay.

“As a minimum security prisoner, he will be given access to some freedoms that other inmates don’t get, such as being able to join work programs such as mowing and maintenance outside the prison walls,” the source said.

“If he goes to Long Bay, the MSPC (Metropolitan Special Programs Area) is a lot like the Coogee Bay Hotel without the ocean views.

“The layout is similar and inmates can sit around and relax. It is still jail, but it could be worse.”