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Young prison guard ‘soaked’ in feces while delivering breakfast to violent inmate now suffers from PTSD and feels like a ‘shell’ of herself
- Adelle Mahoney was covering her co-worker’s prison night shift
- They asked him to distribute water, toast in a wing for dangerous prisoners
- One pulled his arm through a door, when she ran he threw his poop at her.
- He has PTSD, anxiety and insomnia and is seeking compensation.
A young prison guard ‘drenched’ in the feces of a notorious inmate has recounted in harrowing detail the ugly incident and how it is now a ‘shell’ of what it was.
Adelle Mahoney, 24, was attacked and demeaned after bringing breakfast to a violent inmate’s cell at Port Phillip prison in June 2021.
She had volunteered to cover a night shift and was instructed to bring hot water and toast cells in a dangerous wing of the prison the next morning.
Since the vile assault, Ms. Mahoney barely leaves her home, is unable to drive, “shuts down” when people nearby start screaming, and has constant nightmares.
The prisoner grabbed her arm as she pushed a piece of toast through a slot in the door and started shaking it and screaming.
Mrs. Mahoney managed to escape his grasp, but as she turned to run, he hurled a milk carton full of his own feces at her.
I turned to run and he threw it at me. I noticed that he was covered in his poop,’ he said. news.com.au.
All my back, clothes and hair were soaked with their feces. It was absolutely horrible, I can’t even describe the feeling.
He was tested for a variety of ailments soon after, but luckily all went well.
The repulsive act is known in prison as ‘s***bombing’ and involves inmates storing their waste and bodily fluids before throwing it at a prisoner or enemy guard.
“I think especially being a woman, it’s a different experience and you can become a target because of your gender,” Ms. Mahoney said.
Before the incident, she remembers wanting to challenge her bosses’ order to eat the prisoners’ breakfast alone, but she didn’t because she was new to the job.
She managed to return to work two months later, but when another prisoner raised his voice at someone else, she panicked and flashed back to the assault.
Ms Mahoney (pictured) says she was ‘drenched’ in the feces of a notorious inmate
Ms Mahoney realized immediately that the vile incident had left her “mentally damaged”.
Before it happened, she aspired to have a career in the correctional system.
But she hasn’t been back to work since then and moved back into her parents’ house, which she rarely leaves.
When she goes out, she needs a sitter with her at all times.
Ms. Mahoney can no longer drive, she ‘shuts down’ when people nearby start screaming, and she suffers from constant nightmares.
She is still undergoing intensive psychological support after being diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and insomnia and is now seeking compensation from her former employer.
Shine Lawyers is investigating whether Ms. Mahoney’s employer was negligent and failed to provide a safe workplace.
Shine Lawyers is investigating whether there was negligence on the part of your employer and whether the corrections did not provide a safe workplace.
If negligence can be established, Ms. Mahoney will seek payment for lost income, medical expenses, and pain and suffering.
Port Phillip Prison is managed and managed by G4S Correctional Services.
“Violence towards staff is treated extremely seriously and we work closely with Victoria Police and WorkSafe Victoria to provide a safe working environment for all staff,” the company said in a statement.