Convicted murderer discovered using Facebook to contact ISIS fighters

Masood Atai is serving a 24 year prison sentence at Goulburn Supermax prison for shooting a man dead in 2009 in Western Sydney. Atai was only 18 at the time and understood to have been involved with the Notorious outlaw motorcycle gang.

Atai has been in prison since 2010, but his Facebook profile shows he has managed to connect with a man on the Australian Federal Government’s terrorism watchlist, the recently imprisoned Muslim preacher Junaid Thorne.

He has also allegedly befriended two Australians who say they are in Syria fighting for ISIS according to News Corp.  

The Facebook page is brazenly listed under the prisoner's name, with the place of work listed as ‘goulburn super-max correctional facility'.

This comes despite strict protocols which prohibit prisoners from accessing phones and Internet while behind bars.

In his blurry profile picture Atai has a beard, headphones and a shirt which appears to be his prison greens.

‘Miss that face. (Love) my brother, I miss all those years inshallah (God willing) you will be home soon,’ commented a friend.

Atai was reportedly disciplined four times during his first 18 months behind bars for ‘unlawfully using a phone or fax and intimidating prison staff’ according to News Corp.

A spokesperson for Corrective Services NSW told News Corp they have been ‘aware of the account for some time’ but are yet to determine if it is being operated by Atai or by a person outside the prison.

The spokesperson also claimed the photo was not taken from within the prison, but the matter is being taken very seriously and is under ‘active investigation’. 

In May this year there were calls for a Canberra jail to be investigated after an inmate posted photos of prisoners posing in their jail cells to Facebook. 

The prison, which has accepted prisoners since March 2009, has already had a string of controversial incidents involving prisoner security breaches. 

(dailymail.co.uk)