Accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson is having her first Christmas dinner behind bars: a lonely meal in her cell inside Victoria s largest women s prison.
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It was early afternoon inside Silverwater Women's prison'
Veteran prison guard tells stories from his career guarding those behind bars
Crime by Derrick Krusche
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Subscriber only When Jack Mahoney opened a cell door in Silverwater jail and found a startled new inmate crouched in Âattack position, the unfazed corrective officer simply asked: Tea or coffee? Nobody s ever made me a cuppa, the burly 120kg prisoner said before slowly putting down a pen and creeping out of his cell. The 23-year veteran of Corrective Services NSW who now works with minimum security female inmates at Emu Plains jail, told The Daily Telegraph that engaging with prisoners wasn t Âalways prioritised in his line of work.