A convicted child rapist's latest bid for release from prison has been rejected by the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Douglas Brian Jackway, 39, has spent all but three months of his adult life in prison.
He was convicted for abducting and raping a 10-year-old boy near Gladstone in 1995 and was released from jail in 2003, the same year Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe went missing.
During those brief months of freedom, he stole a car and took police on a high speed pursuit on the Sunshine Coast.
He was also charged with the rape of a nine-year-old girl, an offence from several years earlier.
It is an offence he is currently serving an indefinite sentence for and this week's parole attempt was part of the annual review of that sentence.
Jackway 'person of interest' in Morcombe murder
Jackway was once named as a person of interest in the coronial inquest into Daniel Morcombe.
Later, in the trial of now convicted murderer Brett Peter Cowan, defence lawyers tried to point the finger at Jackway during his trial, however Jackway had an alibi.
The Supreme Court heard this week that Jackway tried to seek revenge while locked up in the Wolston Correctional Centre, south-west of Brisbane.
It heard he that tried to leave his jail unit in February with the intention of assaulting Cowan.
Forensic psychologist Nicholas Smith told the court Jackway showed a willingness to engage in the Sex Offender Treatment Program in prison.
But he conceded it was a significant challenge for him to control is impulses and he was prone to acting out aggressively in prison to maintain a tough appearance.
Chief Justice Catherine Holmes ruled that Jackway's indefinite detention order should continue.
"I am not satisfied that adequate protection of the community can be reasonably and practicably managed by a supervision order," Justice Holmes said.
"Mr Jackway is a serious danger to the community ... and I order that Mr Jackway continue to be subject to the continuing detention order."
