Inside the bleak living conditions of alleged Bondi Beach terrorist Naveed Akram as his every move is monitored in prison
The prision conditions where alleged Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram is being locked up have been revealed.
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By MATT JONES, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA
Published: 22:56 GMT, 11 January 2026 | Updated: 23:08 GMT, 11 January 2026
Alleged Bondi Beach terrorist Naveed Akram is spending at least 16 hours a day locked up in a 'jail within a jail' in Australia's most secure prison.
Akram, 24, spends his time alone in a cell at Goulburn Supermax, in NSW, which is also home to some of the country's most notorious criminals.
The Goulburn Correctional Complex is known for its harsh isolation, often involving 24-hour lockdowns and extreme security.
Akram and his father Sajid, 50, allegedly opened fire on a crowd, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more, at the Hanukkah by the Sea event on December 14 at Bondi Beach.
Akram has been classified as a 'category AA' inmate, is a title reserved for those deemed at high risk of engaging in, or inciting others to engage in, terrorist activities.
He's in an isolation facility at the jail while being monitored 24 hours a day by electronic surveillance equipment.
Akram is not allowed to work, as authorities do everything they can to keep him apart from other inmates, including notorious criminals Gary and Les Murphy, two of the five men jailed over the torture and rape of nurse Anita Cobby in 1987.
He is housed in the same part of the jail as Roger Dean, the man who murdered 11 elderly residents after he set fire to a western Sydney nursing home while they slept in 2011.
Naveed Akram allegedly opened fire on a crowd at the Hanukkah by the Sea event on December 14 at Bondi Beach
Akram is currently at the Goulburn Correctional Complex in a Supermax cell
The alleged terrorist does have access to a private yard where he can exercise for up to seven hours a day.
He's even allowed supervised, pre-approved family visits, but all conversations must be spoken in English.
'He is under strict isolation, it's the most secure facility in the country, with strict protocols for housing inmates who are deemed high risk, particularly those charged with terror-related offences,' a prison source told The Daily Telegraph.
'He is at extreme high risk to himself as well as from other inmates, given the nature of his charges.