SA's Public Service Association has called for urgent reform, claiming three prisoners have been violently assaulted by other inmates in the past week — with each incident resulting in ...

The union said violence wasn't isolated to Yatala Labour Prison, with 481 assaults on prisoners and staff across the state over the past 12 months. It's feared if nothing changes the situation will ...

“The Department can confirm that prisoners were fighting at Yatala Labour Prison this morning,” the spokeswoman said. “As a result, one prisoner was taken to hospital and is being assessed.

Eastern Adelaide CIB detectives are investigating the “serious” assault, believed to involve a makeshift knife, at Yatala Labour Prison, Northfield, in Adelaide’s north on Sunday afternoon.