Justice department sued after guard, allegedly bullied by colleagues, took own life We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A prison guard’s widow is suing the Department of Justice after her husband killed himself at a maximum-security jail after alleged bullying by his colleagues. Tracey Kendall filed a writ in the County Court in March over the suicide of her partner William “Bill” Maxwell, who took his own life at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in March 2018 after he wrote a report implicating his fellow guards in an assault on a prisoner, court documents allege.