Bassam Hamzy, 45, the founder and crime boss of the infamous Brothers 4 Life gang, was punched in the head and momentarily knocked unconscious in the alleged attack on Saturday afternoon.
Lisa Brown knew Vester Fernando was a two-killer but when he tried to stab another inmate to death she was reminded there is no room for complacency in a maximum security jail.
Martin Churchill had been diagnosed with blood cancer while in prison awaiting trial for taking part in the commercial supply of meth and was living off Centrelink payments before his death.
Gang leader Bassam Hamzy, of Australia s most feared underworld figures, has been attacked with makeshift blade, known as a shiv, while in maximum security prison.
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.