Montell Malcolm Suey pleads guilty to assaulting a corrections officer at Borallon jail

An Ipswich court has heard a man who assaulted a prison guard has an extensive history of violence within correctional facilities.

A corrections officer was bashed during the handing out of medications at the facility. Picture: file(AAP Image/Jono Searle)

A PRISONER who bashed a guard at Borallon jail during a medication handout has a growing record of violence on officers, a court has heard.

Appearing from jail via video-link, Montell Malcolm Suey, 24, from South Brisbane, pleaded guilty to assaulting a corrective services officer at the Ironbark facility west of Ipswich on October 13 last year.

Police prosecutor Jack Scott said Suey had an extensive criminal history with numerous convictions for violence against corrective services officers.

Mr Scott said it was 5pm when Suey was taking part in a medication parade with a prison officer assisting Queensland Health staff in administering medication.

The court heard Suey became aggressive and abusive and then threw a paper cup.

He walked up to the officer and punched him multiple times to the head.

Other staff had to restrain him.

Mr Scott said Suey was being held on remand at the time, but had since been sentenced at Brisbane District Court on July 23 for attempted robbery.

He received a three-year jail sentence with parole release but remains in custody because of other matters.

Defence lawyer Madison Lines said Suey had “a grossly prejudicial upbringing” with serious childhood neglect and violence.

His substance abuse began at 13, inhaling petrol and paint, and he also used alcohol and cannabis.

Ms Lines said he spent time in juvenile detention centres and five years in a maximum-security unit that caused his mental health to decline.

She said an NDIS package with carers had now been organised to assist him on release.

Magistrate Virginia Sturgess said Suey had a significant history for offences of violence.

This included him being sentenced by Ipswich District Court in 2015 for attempted robbery, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and assault causing bodily harm.

Ms Sturgess said there had been five convictions for serious assaults on corrective services officers since 2015.

Ms Sturgess sentenced Suey to a 12-month jail term, to be released after he serves three months. It will be concurrent with an existing sentence.

Ms Sturgess said this will not change his full-time release date of June 2023.