‘I love Supermax’: How Glover kept railing behind bars

Sick of the “spinners” in the main section of Goulburn Jail, fearless crim Reynold Glover told associates he enjoyed Supermax — but he still set fire to his cell three times.

Unsurprisingly, Reynold Glover felt right at home inside Australia’s most secure prison, which is home to the most dangerous criminals in NSW.

Glover was banished to Goulburn’s Supermax – home to the state’s worst murderers, terrorists, underworld leaders and other undesirables – leading up to the 2012 $6 million armed robbery trial over an alleged prison stabbing.

Fears that Glover was also planning a prison breakout also added to the case for him to be in Supermax.

During his stay at the jail, Glover has been classified as an extreme high risk prisoner and spends up to 23 hours a day confined to his cell.

It gave him time to focus on his workout regime, which included at least 800 push-ups a days and shadow boxing.

Locked up, Reynold focused on his workout regime.

Despite the onerous conditions, Glover’s reflection on his stay at Supermax was surprising.

When he got out and visited Bilal Haouchar in Lithgow jail in 2013, Glover spoke fondly about the high security prison.

Glover told friends he would burn his cell in order to stay in Supermax.

“Oh, it’s a mad jail,” Glover told Haouchar. “It’s the best jail, yeah. The best. I loved it there …

“I told the other boys, as soon as they say ‘You’re coming out of Supermax’, I’ll burn my cell and tell them ‘Leave me here’,” Glover said.

Glover claimed his attraction to Supermax was the other inmates.

“Heaps better. You don’t mix with no spinners. Nothing,” he said.

Burning his cell was something he did multiple times.

One of the times was at Supermax on August 15, 2013.

Then 27-years-old, Glover was sharing a section of the jail with notorious triple murderer Michael Kanaan.

Glover is serving about 30 years behind bars.

When prison officers confiscated Glover’s laptop, he staged a protest by setting fire to the section.

He was interviewed by police and told them: “I lit the fire.”

“I took the mattress out of my room, ripped off the plastic and put it against the door with blankets around it,” Glover told the police.

He also put blankets on a table in another room and then set fire to both with matches.

Fire and smoke engulfed the cell.

Glover and Kanaan both retreated to the yard area of the cells.

Glover told the police he lit the fire in protest against prison officers confiscating his laptop.

“I need it for legals — I’m going to use it for my court case,” Glover told police.

“It’s the fourth time they’ve taken it from me … They didn’t say how long it would be (until I got it back) they just said it could be a week, could be longer

Glover’s reasoning for lighting the fire in protest sums him up as a person.

“Just to make a point so next time before they take a computer off me they’re gonna think ‘We better not take his computer this bloke’s gonna go off. We don’t know what he’s gonna do’,” Glover told the police.

“That’s who I am,” Glover said. “Say someone slaps ya. You’re not just gonna let them keep slapping you. You’re gonna do something, otherwise they’re gonna keep getting you. You’ve got to stop it.”