Within the Bluestone walls a protest initiated by conditions in Jika-Jika! Inside the
now closed prison which was called Pentridge Prison, inmates Robert Wright,
Jimmy Loughnan, Arthur Gallagher, David McGauley and Ricky Morris sealed off
their section doors with a tennis net. Mattresses and other bedding were then stacked
against the doors. The windows in the day room were then covered with paper so the
prison officers couldn't identify which prisoners caused the ensuing damage.
Plumbing was then torn from the walls in the cells to enable the prisoners to breathe
for when the fire was started, as Jika Jika was completely free of any fresh air
whatsoever. It was a climate controlled division.
In spite of the Men's attempts to avoid the toxic black smoke by breathing through the
plumbing all 5 lost their lives.
The 4 men on the other side of the unit survived, Craig. M, Richard. L Ollie. D ......
all spent days after in the prison hospital Recovering.
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