A former Ipswich council CEO convicted of official corruption and attempting to pervert the course of justice has spoken from prison about the impact the charges had on his life.

Key points: Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission has released a video for International Anti-Corruption Day

Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission has released a video for International Anti-Corruption Day If shows former Ipswich CEO Carl Wulff describing life in jail and the impact of corruption charges on his life

If shows former Ipswich CEO Carl Wulff describing life in jail and the impact of corruption charges on his life The CCC says he approached the commission to record the video

Earlier this year Carl Wulff was sentenced to five years in jail, to be suspended after 20 months after accepting bribes worth more than $240,000.

Before his sentencing, he approached the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) about recording the 20-minute video, in which he compared his charges to being diagnosed with a terminal illness and much worse than a death in the family.

Dressed in his prison uniform at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, Wulff said he was suffering daily from heightened anxiety.

"I've been through a lot of things in my life, divorces and death in the family and things like that, and all of those basically pale into insignificance," he said in the video.

"If you've been through a divorce [or] death in the family it's very stressful, but if you want to rate those from one to 10, a corruption charge is probably a 12 and a death in the family or divorce is probably about five," he said.

"… the only thing I could think that would be comparable is if you were told you had a terminal illness.

"It's a total loss of your freedom. I've probably not experienced this level of anxiety.

"Everyday you wake up, you're not sure what is going to happen, it's a volatile environment, there's a lot of different people with different issues. It's certainly not somewhere you ever want to find yourself."

In a statement, the CCC said it released the video to mark International Anti-Corruption Day and to demonstrate how being involved in corruption can affect a person's life.

The CCC said Wulff approached them with "an offer of assistance".

CCC chairman Alan MacSporran said the idea was a new one for the corruption watchdog but something it would consider doing again.

"Having a video of someone inside prison talking about the catastrophic effects personally and professionally is gold frankly, it's gold," he said.

"I think it's one of the most compelling things I've ever seen.

"We would be delighted to have others in different areas of the sector volunteer in the same way."

Former Ipswich CEO Carl Wulff is currently serving his five year jail sentence, to be suspended after 20 months. ( AAP: Jono Searle )

Queensland Law Society president Bill Potts described the video release as an unusual but powerful move by the CCC.

"People are only deterred if they think they are going to be caught, so this type of warning is an important message to the greater population," he said.

"That message is if you're going to be dishonest, if you're going to rip off people, if you're going to line your own pockets, you are going to end up in jail."

Mr MacSporran said the CCC provided a letter to the sentencing judge in exchange for Wulff's participation.

In sentencing, Chief Judge Kerry O'Brien said the letter showed Wulff assisted "local authorities in preventing future corruption" and was a further "expression of remorse".

Wulff resigned from Ipswich City Council in 2013 and took a position as CEO of Liverpool City Council in western Sydney, where he remained until 2016.

The CCC finalised its investigation into the Ipswich Council in August last year, and handed down a damning report alleging a culture of corruption and finding an improper use of power and inappropriate relationships.

In response, the State Government introduced drastic new laws which resulted in the sacking of the entire Ipswich Council and the appointment of an administrator.