Serial armed robber and prison escapee Brenden Abbott has made a fresh bid for freedom in a legal challenge against the Queensland Parole Board.

Abbott, 53, is serving a 25-year sentence at Woodford Correctional Centre, north of Brisbane, after a string of bank robberies and a brazen breakout from Sir David Longland Prison at Wacol in 1997.

Since being recaptured, he has spent much of his time in solitary confinement.

Abbott was dubbed the 'postcard bandit' for allegedly taunting police while he was on the run, something his lawyer earlier said had never actually happened.

Appearing via video link at the Supreme Court in Brisbane from Woodford prison, Abbott today challenged the Queensland Parole Board's decision to deny his release last year.

He argued he had been denied the chance to prove himself fit for parole because he had been classified as a high-risk prisoner.

"The parole board recommended me for parole and the general manager supported it," Abbott told the court hearing.

"They gave me parole for the purposes of extradition to WA."

But this was later rescinded when Western Australia decided they did not want to take Abbott back.

However, that situation could change once Abbott completes his Queensland sentence.

Abbott has previously made four applications for parole.

He is not due to be released from prison until 2020, but became eligible for parole four years ago.

Abbott said he had been "squeaky clean" for the past 10 years and prison bosses supported his parole bid.

But he said he would never be able to satisfy the parole board's requirements because of a policy that meant as a former escapee he could not be granted low-security status.

Upon release, Abbott said he expected to "be arrested immediately by police and extradited to WA".

Judge Jean Dalton has reserved her decision.