The dangerous new world awaiting Greg Lynn in Melbourne’s prison
As one of Victoria’s most high-profile inmates, a mainstream prison yard filled with hardened convicts poses a serious threat to high country killer Greg Lynn.
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Greg Lynn’s future behind bars will have been carefully considered by authorities since his conviction in June.
There will have been many things to weigh up, prominent among them the safety of the former Jetstar pilot as he starts life as a sentenced prisoner.
Prisons can be dangerous places for those detained over high profile offences, a risk amplified for those who are without criminal networks which might protect them.
There was a reminder in June of the risks for a prisoner like Lynn.
Faeces and urine were thrown over him inside the Metropolitan Assessment Prison (MAP) in a sickening ambush.
That attack came less than a week after Lynn was convicted by a Supreme Court jury over the murder of Carol Clay.
MAP, in Melbourne’s CBD, or the Metropolitan Remand Centre in the city’s west, are where an inmate would ordinarily be held until they are sentenced.
If he has not left MAP already, Lynn will be destined for one of the state’s other jails where those who have been sentenced serve their time.
Though he has already spent three years in the system on remand, a mainstream prison yard filled with dangerous, seasoned offenders is unlikely to be a place to send Lynn.
There is a long history of big-name inmates being attacked by others wanting to make a name for themselves.
Those who make the placement calls, in Corrections Victoria’s sentence management branch, take into account a range of other elements.
They include medical or psychiatric conditions, physical limitations or disabilities and family factors.
Sentenced prisoners are given a security classification of high, maximum, medium or minimum.
There is the option of some criminals, including corrupt police, informers, sex offenders and prison officers being separated from the mainstream.
“Prisoners deemed to be in need of protection from other prisoners are placed in protection units within the prison,” the CV website says.
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