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Prison officers walk off the job after inmate given 'slap on the wrist' for jail attack
- On Wednesday, prison officers in New South Wales walked off the job after Cameron Welsh was handed a three-year community corrections order the Public Service Association described as lenient.
- Earlier this year, Cameron Welsh attacked four officers at Cessnock Correctional Centre, causing multiple facial injuries, and his record includes a 2021 baseball bat assault on two men.
- Court records show Cameron Welsh, 26, was convicted of four assaults on law enforcement officers and inflicting actual bodily harm, with all four correctional officers hospitalised and two unable to work again.
- The walkout has left Local, District and Supreme courts unable to function, jurors were told to return on Monday, and Corrective Services NSW and the PSA held an urgent Industrial Relations Commission hearing.
- Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said, `When the people who keep our prisons safe say they've lost faith in the government, it's a damning indictment on leadership`, while Nicole Jess demanded immediate action from the Minns government.
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