Barnham had been a prisoner in Ellsworth at least until 2008, where it is implied that he cooperated with federal members in the US, as he agreed to step up to be a witness in an unidentified federal case. On the very same night that undercover NSA agent Sam Fisher and JBA member Jamie Washington decided to finally break out of the prison, Barnham confronted Jamie as he was lifting weights in the prison yard. Barnham grabbed the weights and attempted to strangle Jamie with the bar, taunting him in the process. Fisher defended Jamie, telling Barnham to back off of Jamie. After shrugging of Fisher, Barnham was grabbed from behind by Fisher. It is unknown if Fisher actually killed Barnham or not to gain the trust of Jaime Washington, but the end result had both Fisher and Jamie knocked out by