Helicopter vision of the incident at the prison shows six inmates spelling B L M Aboriginal man David Dungay died inside the prison hospital complex in 2015.
has been told that the fight related to drugs, which are reportedly in short supply inside prisons followingAs officers broke up the fight in the original yard, a fracas broke out in adjacent yards and officers moved to subdue those inmates, a Corrective Services spokesperson said.Helicopter vision of the incident also shows six inmates spelling B L M, a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, on the ground.
"Gas was deployed to safely secure those inmates," a Corrective Services statement said. "Inmates in another two yards then began refusing to obey staff directions. Gas was deployed with officers now safely securing those inmates."
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