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Derryn Hinch released from prison

“I’m not sorry I did it,” says a clean-shaven Derryn Hinch. “It was the right thing to do.”

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hinchAfter serving a 50 day sentence, a clean-shaven broadcaster Derryn Hinch was released from minimum security Langi Kal Kal prison, in Trawalla in Victoria’s west, just after 8am today.

Hinch told Sunrise had no regrets about not paying the $100,000 fine after breaching a suppression order about Melbourne woman Jill Meagher’s killer.

“I’m not sorry I did it,” he said. “It was the right thing to do.”

Asked if he was harassed by other prisoners, Hinch said, ‘‘for the first few days, because I had shaved the beard, nobody really knew who I was’’.

‘‘But, yeah, the guards and other guys treated me pretty well but it was no picnic,’’ he said.

‘‘You are talking strip searches, bend over the whole lot.

‘‘And to wake up on your 70th birthday and have a guard saying happy birthday, it was tough.’’

The broadcaster said that in Australia ‘‘the rights of convicted sex offenders seem to take precedence over victims’ rights’’.

‘‘Especially with paedophiles,’’ Hinch said. ‘‘Serial sex offenders have their names, photos and addresses, suppressed by the courts on release.

‘‘Unlike Megan’s Law in the United States, communities have no knowledge as to who they are or where they are. A public register is a right and a national duty that is long overdue.’’

‘‘I feel justified [for choosing to go to prison],’’ he said. ‘‘I’ve come out of a place [where] 93 per cent are sex offenders.

“I know what they look like, but you don’t, and when they come out, you won’t. They could be living next door,” the broadcaster said.

Source: The Age

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  1. Whether you like this man or not he has to be admired for sticking to his guns and standing by his beliefs, even having a prison sentence for it, pity other people and some of our Politicians don’t follow this path.

  3. I’ve read in other media reports that Jill Meaghers killer is in the same prison as Derryn was. I’m just wondering why Adrian Bayley would be in a minimum security prison.

  4. He looks different without his beard!

    As much as ‘shock jocks’ criticse various laws there are very few who would actually go to prison to practice what they preach.

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