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Disgraced footy WAG Arabella Del Busso has been called out for wildly overblowing her account of her alleged prison hell, with jail authorities issuing a public denial about her disturbing claims about how she's been treated behind bars.
The former reality TV star claimed in court documents that she was threatened with a knife by another female prisoner, is regularly robbed by inmates and has endured multiple invasive strip searches by prison guards.
Del Busso also detailed various humiliations she had been subjected to behind bars including how she had to shower, change and go to the toilet in front of other female prisoners.
But Del Busso - who was once caught out for faking pregnancies to ex-NRL star Josh Reynolds - appears to have exaggerated her account of prison life.
The governor of Australia's largest female prison, Dillwynia Correctional Centre, read Daily Mail Australia's report and objected to Del Busso's portrayal of jail practices.
A Corrective Services NSW insider said that Del Busso's graphic description of having 'to spread your bum cheeks' during a strip search was not true.
And while strip searches are conducted after inmate visits, they do not go that far.
Arabella Del Busso has infuriated prison authorities with wild claims about strip searches behind bars
Del Busso had also claimed in documents tendered in court that she had been threatened by an inmate with a jail-made knife or 'shiv' and 'stood over' and robbed of food.
However, the jail has received no reports or complaints about any such activity.
In a sternly worded denial issued via the prison's media unit, the jail also said Del Busso's claims that she routinely had to shower or use the toilet in front of other inmates was untrue.
The statement said: 'Corrective Services NSW routinely conducts searches on inmates to protect the safety and security of the prison community.
'There are strict protocols around strip-searches and female inmates are always searched by female correctional officers.
'The inmate's claims of showering in front of inmates are not factual. Dillwynia Correctional Centre has individual cubicles for inmate's showering.
'Inmates do not use the toilet in the presence of anyone else, except during urine analysis, and those sharing a two-person cell may use a toilet within the cell after evening lock-in.
'CSNSW has formal processes for inmates to raise concerns. CSNSW will examine the issues raised by the inmate.'
The 34-year-old convicted thief spent three weeks at Silverwater Women's prison (above) before being transferred to Dillwynia where she claimed she had been threatened with a jail made knife
Del Busso's jail sentence for stealing $52,350 from her medical company employer was reduced from 12 months to five months at a court hearing last week.
However her bid for immediate release on a corrections order to be served in the community was rejected by District Court Judge John Pickering.
Del Busso was working as a
