Daniel Luff is serving a life sentence at Auckland Prison, New Zealand, for killing a policeman and wounding another in 2002. Daniel Luff was 17 years old at the time. Since then he has graduated with a BA in psychology from Massey University, New Zealand, and in 2014 won the university’s “Outstanding Achiever’s Award” for obtaining an ‘A’ grade average over a 24-month period. He is currently studying for his MA by distance education.
Greg Newbold
Greg Newbold is Professor in Sociology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. In the late 1970s he served a seven and a half year sentence for selling heroin and achieved his MA while in maximum security at Auckland Prison. He studied for his PhD after his release. Greg Newbold has written seven books and over 80 scholarly articles, and is currently one of New Zealand’s leading criminologists.
