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A prison guard has lifted the lid on the gruesome tactics inmates use to try and manipulate hardened screws to get their way.
As Victorian Coroner Paul Lawrie continues to investigate the prison death of bikie Brent 'BJ' Reker, Daily Mail Australia can reveal the findings will likely have little impact on those tasked with watching the jailed criminals.
'Reker was successfully rehabilitated,' the prison guard bluntly told Daily Mail Australia.
'He won't be committing any further crimes.'
Brent 'BJ' Reker died in jail after making repeated attempts on his own life
The 35-year old was found dead in his cell at the Ravenhall Correctional Centre in December 2019.
He had been behind bars after being remanded in custody over an alleged bashing, described as a revenge attack over the release of naked photos of his friend Tara Egglestone online.
Prison officers feared the notorious bikie boss was organising a mass self-harm incident with fellow inmates in the days before he was found dead in his cell.
Those fears saw Reker transferred out of a specialist mental health unit into another section of the prison just an hour before he died.
He was found hanging in his jail cell after making repeated attempts on his life.
A prison source told Daily Mail Australia inmates routinely threatened to self harm.
'They use it as currency. "Get me some pain relief or I'll slash up boss",' the guard said.
Most have no issue in following up with their threats, causing horrific damage to their bodies with the tiniest shards of metal.
Reker too had ingested shards of metal in the hope guards wouldn't move him to a specialist unit for troublesome inmates.
'They'll slash both of their arms in an instant and bleed out all over the place,' the guard said.
'We'll just stand there and talk calmly to them until we think they're about to pass out.'
Reker had been caged within Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Victoria (pictured)
Prison staff at Ravenhall had been fed-up with Reker's efforts to start trouble
Inmates are known to forge weapons inside jail (stock image)
Some inmates taken to hospital are known to immediately tear out their stitches upon returning to jail.
'It's a horrible thing to see... but you become desensitised to it. The next time we'll just get them bandaged up and won't even bother taking them back to hospital,' the guard said.
Inmates threaten to kill themselves on a daily basis, with those who make an attempt and live receiving downtime with a prison psychiatrist.
While kept briefly under observation, the troubled inmates are promptly transitioned back into general population where the
