A prison guard accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate used a girl’s name to mask his identity as she spoke to a colleague about their affair in secret text messages, police allege.
Mother-of-two Amber Clavell, 25, is alleged to have had a relationship with armed robber Mark Kennedy, 27, at the Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre, near Windsor in Sydney’s northwest, between January and April.
According to court documents, Clavell allegedly found out in April that she was pregnant with Kennedy’s child and sent a message to her close friend and colleague Jessica Elguindy, who was also having an affair with another inmate, Beau Jones.
Police will allege that Clavell called Kennedy “Molly,” while Elguindy used the code name “Bella” for Jones.
“I was in denial last night, I took three (tests) and they’re all positive… I feel like an idiot… How did the morning after pill not work,” Clavell is said to have told Elguindy in a text message, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
Elguindy replied, “Have you decided what you’re going to do?”
Amber Clavell was photographed outside her home last month while out on bail on a range of charges
Clavell is said to have had a romance with Mark Kennedy (pictured), an inmate at the Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Center in Sydney’s northwest
“It’s not really like we’re going to have a proper discussion about it tonight… There’s a part of both of us that doesn’t want to get rid of it right now… He was so caring last night,” the court documents alleged that she said.
Police will allege that Kennedy ended the couple’s relationship a week after discovering she was pregnant after she became jealous of speaking to other inmates.
Court documents show that Clavell, who began working at the jail as a uniformed officer in 2022, snuck in 33 grams of methamphetamine to give to Kennedy, who hid them in two balloons “on her body” along with a bag of tobacco.
Court documents also allege Clavell abused her access to internal corrections services systems to monitor her prison lover’s contact with his wife via prison phone and to seek other information.
Corrective Services launched an investigation into allegations about Clavell’s conduct, which led to both her and Elguindy being arrested on April 23.
Clavell, who has been suspended from her job without pay, was charged with engaging in an intimate relationship with an inmate, twice accessing or altering restricted data, and promoting prohibited drugs and drug supply .
Meanwhile, Elguindy, a former facilitator of the Intensive Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program at Geoffrey Pearce, was charged with engaging in an intimate relationship with a prisoner, obtaining access to restricted data and misconduct of himself as a holder of a public office.
The charges against Elguindy not only concern Jones, but also a second inmate: Onefour employee Elijah Sila.
According to court documents, the married mother of three sent love letters and photos of herself with sex toys to Jones’ contraband phone.
Amber Clavell, who has been suspended without pay, had worked at the facility since 2022
The investigation into Clavell led to fellow prison officer and friend Jessica Elguindy (pictured) being charged over an alleged relationship with another inmate at the same prison
When his device broke, she texted Clavell saying her “heart hurt” because she couldn’t risk sneaking “Bella” a new phone in case she lost her job since she was the only one who took care of her children.
In a message found on Jones’ illegal device, he bragged to a friend that he and a friend had “IDAPT teachers crushing on us” and that prison guards brought the couple “packs and vapes.”
Meanwhile, Elguindy also engaged in an “unprofessional friendship” with Sila, visiting him in seclusion, sneaking with him to various locations in the prison, and looking up his information in limited databases.
She was warned by the Corrective Services Investigation Unit that her relationship with Sila was under investigation, but continued to behave inappropriately.
The couple denied having a sexual relationship, but her name and phone number were found in Sila’s personal diary.
Elguindy pleaded guilty to all charges this week and will be sentenced at a later date.
Clavell has yet to enter a plea and will return to court next week.