Triple murderer Erin Patterson has been spending 22 hours a day inside a tiny jail cell and has barely spoken to any other inmates during her time in a maximum security women’s prison.

The killer cook’s life behind bars was revealed by a judge as he sentenced Patterson to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday morning.

The 50-year-old has been held at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne‘s west since she was charged with the murder of three former in-laws and the attempted murder of another in November 2023.

In July, she was found guilty of serving a beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms to four dinner guests.

As Justice Christopher Beale handed down his sentence, he shed light on Patterson’s living conditions inside the maximum security pri

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