Corrective Services NSW staff are reviewing CCTV footage from the incident at the Nowra jail on January 3 in which dozens of inmates were placed in lockdown. It began at 9.30am when a maximum-security inmate allegedly started a fire and refused to leave his cell. Gas was deployed to remove him safely.

‘’Two other maximum-security inmates climbed on to an awning of an internal building and came back down shortly after,’’ Governor Mick Reid said. ‘’Immediate Action Team officers were also forced to deploy gas in the yards of two pods, each containing about 60 inmates, in order to safely return all inmates to their cells. All four maximum-security pods were then placed in lockdown with inmates secured in their cells about 11am.’’

Four inmates have been moved to other centres, and eight others have been placed in segregation. NSW Police are also investigating and will interview all inmates involved with charges expected.