Jess Warner

The character's birth date was 9 July 1995. Bea (Danielle Cormack) bribed Linda Miles to do some digging on the new inmates, Linda told Bea that Jess’ record was sealed. Bea later confronted Jess in which Jess reveals that she was accused of murdering a child but was wrongly blamed.[1] It was revealed in the Season Three finale that Jess did actually murder the baby.[2]

Jess is introduced in The Danger Within. When she is being processed by Will Jackson, Jess seems childish and insecure. When Will calls for assistance Jess quickly develops control of her emotions. Later in the episode after learning that her record was sealed, Bea attacked Jess believing that Jess was the hitman for the Holts.[1]

Jess is briefly seen talking about Boomer and Franky's drug trafficking in the garden project in the dining room with Maxine.[3]

In Sins of the Mother, Jess is attacked and stuck in a washing machine by Franky as Franky believes her to be the lagger.[4]

Jess has sex with Matthew Fletcher in the shower rooms at Bea's request so she can get his pass card to retrieve a knife. Jess then watches in horror throughout Bea and Franky's battle.[5]

Jess watches on as Franky announces that Bea is now top dog.[6]

Throughout Season Three, Jess slowly becomes obsessed with Doreen being pregnant and then with the newly born baby Joshua. To estrange Doreen from Liz, Jess places bottles of alcohol in Liz's cell. When that plan fails, she attempts to make Doreen look like a bad mother.

After being told that she wouldn't be alternate carer, Jess kidnaps baby Joshua while Doreen is asleep. Jess attempts to smother Josh until she is stopped by Joan Ferguson, who strangles Jess to death and then covers up the death by burning her body.[2] The fire rips through Cell Block H as Joan is arrested for her crimes.

Jess is later mentioned in the third episode of Season 4, where Joan meets with Doreen while she is remanded at Wentworth Prison. Joan claims that Jess started the fire when Joan tried to take Josh away from him and that she perished in the blaze. This manipulation wins over Doreen's trust such that she foils an attack on Joan in the exercise yard.

Jess appeared to be inspired by the character of Lynn Warner from the first season of Prisoner. Sharing the same last name, both women are known for crying a lot and declaring their innocence. Both were accused of harming a child, but Lynn was not actually guilty of alleged attempted child murder.