# Victoria prison staff face scrutiny over alleged drunkenness and drug smuggling

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/inmates-dob-in-their-jailers-female-officer-smashed-on-vodka-sex-tape-claims-and-alleged-staff-drug-busts-engulf-victorias-prisons/
- Published: 2026-10-31T11:55:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T12:14:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16244375/Corrections-Victoria-prison-sex-drug-arrests-smuggling-Metropolitan-Remand-Centre-Western-Plains.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Inmates reportedly alerted staff to a guard allegedly drunk on duty.
- A separate officer allegedly tried to smuggle 140g of meth into prison.
- Corrections Victoria says drug smuggling can lead to prosecution and dismissal.

## Summary

A prison officer was reportedly removed from duty at Victoria’s Metropolitan Remand Centre after inmates alerted senior staff that she was drunk while on shift. The claims add to scrutiny of staff conduct in the state’s prisons, alongside separate, unconfirmed allegations of sexual contact between an officer and an inmate.

The article also reports that a different female officer allegedly tried to smuggle 140g of methamphetamine into Western Plains Correctional Centre in June, reportedly concealed in her bra. The $1.1 billion prison opened last year and can hold up to 1,292 prisoners. Corrections Victoria says reports of workplace misconduct are assessed and that smuggling drugs or contraband can lead to criminal charges and dismissal; it denies that an officer was sacked over sex with an inmate.

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