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April 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Victoria’s prison system failed in its duty to protect gangland boss Carl Williams in jail, the state’s ombudsman says.
Williams was fatally bashed with the stem of an exercise bike by fellow Barwon Prison inmate Matthew Charles Johnson on April 19, 2010.
Ombudsman George Brouwer has heavily criticised Corrections Victoria over failings in the lead-up to the murder.
Mr Brouwer said Corrections Victoria failed in its statutory duty to ensure Williams’ safety.
“This case also highlights several shortcomings which need to be addressed by Corrections Victoria in its administration of Victoria’s correctional system,” he said.
“Victoria Police did not undertake a comprehensive risk assessment in relation to Mr Johnson and the potential harm he posed to Mr Williams.”
Mr Brouwer said the decision to place Williams in the same unit as Johnson was based too heavily on advice from police rather than knowledge that Corrections Victoria had about Johnson.
“While Mr Williams was not killed by Mr Johnson until some 15 months after they were placed together, this is no excuse for substituting Victoria Police’s advice for Corrections Victoria’s own responsibility to reach an informed decision about the risk Mr Johnson posed to Mr Williams,” Mr Brouwer said.
On March 14, 2009, a prison officer submitted a report recording that a prisoner at Barwon Prison had told him: “Everybody knows that (Mr Williams) is cooperating with Victoria Police in exchange for a reduction in his sentence.”
The prison officer said this may be a cause for concern and there might be some attempt to harm Williams.
The officer’s report was not placed on the prison’s intelligence system or referred to the intelligence unit for further review or to the panel charged with monitoring Williams’ ongoing placement.
“Corrections Victoria either failed to identify the warning signals or to apprehend the significance of those events and the danger Mr Williams faced from Mr Johnson,” Mr Brouwer said.
Williams’ murder was captured by CCTV but the prison officer monitoring it did not see William being bashed.
Each small split-screen image was displayed for only four seconds before cutting to a different source.
“Understandably, the console operator did not observe Mr Williams’ assault,” Mr Brouwer said.
No officer knew of his death until fellow prisoner Tommy Ivanovic and Johnson reported it 27 minutes later, he said.
No action had been taken to address complaints made about the CCTV system over several years.
More than 40 staff were allowed to enter the unit following the murder, thereby compromising the integrity of the scene.
Mr Brouwer tabled his report into the circumstances surrounding Williams’ death to the Victorian parliament on Wednesday.
Johnson was jailed in December 2011 for at least 32 years for Williams’ murder.
He had argued at his trial that he killed Williams in self-defence, but a jury rejected that argument.
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