Charlie Bezzina has been in confined spaces with some of the most monstrous people imaginable. People who have committed crimes so terrible they would make your skin crawl. The former Detective was one of Victorias most successful and longest-serving Homicide squad detectives. So how did he do it, without losing self-control? What was the first thing he always did on a crime scene? And what is the one question he'd ask himself, every single time?He tells Meshel Laurie how crime, and criminals, have gotten smarter in the last few decades. And why the police need the public's help more than ever.Show notes:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Charlie BezzinaLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our Bookshop Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyIf you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.Thank you for listening!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
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episode 253: Women of Corrections - The Governor Faith Slatcher
Faith Slatcher is the Governor of Goulburn Correctional Complex in New South Wales but you’ll probably be more familiar with the part of this prison known as the Goulburn Supermax which manages high risk inmates including Australia’s “Pablo Escobar” Mostafa Baluch and Bassam Hamzy, boss of the violent crime gang Brothers 4 life. There’s also the never to be released inmates there like Malcolm George Baker who murdered seven people on NSW’s central coast in a spree killing in 1992 and Lindsay Robert Rose, killer of five people over a decade from 1984 to 1994.
So, does a corrections officer, particularly one so high up in the ranks as Faith, have to be as tough as the people she’s responsible for?
If listening to this episode has got you thinking about a career in corrections you can go to the Corrective Services NSW website or the corrections department in your state.
You might want to go back and listen to some of our previous episodes about life in prisons.
The Killing Fields: Inside Australia’s most evil prison
Prison Officer in Danger
Birds Eye View
Pentridge Confidential
Mr Ordinary Goes to Jail
Inside Australia’s Hardest Women’s Jails
Self-mutilator Gary David
If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode you can contact:
Lifeline on 13 11 14
13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
Thanks for listening, we’ll be back next week.
CREDITS:
Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram here
Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here
Guests: Faith Slatcher, Governor, Goulburn Correctional Complex
Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
Executive Producer: Jacqueline Tonks
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