Overview

• Leifer was transferred to a 23-hour solitary confinement cell at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre after the alleged incident.
• Sources say hallway cameras in the Murray Unit captured her allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s who had been moved to protective custody.
• Victoria Police has launched an inquiry after the Department of Justice referred the case under standard protocol for prison violence allegations.
• She is two years into a 15-year sentence handed down in August 2023 for serial sexual abuse of students at Elsternwick’s ass IsIsrael School.
• Advocates warn that these new allegations expose ongoing gaps in prison oversight and risks to vulnerable inmates.