List Details Violations Across Several Locations

Prison officers from across the state have walked of the job after police charged a 21-year-old inmate over an assault on a colleague last month. The 55-year-old corrections officer who was allegedly assaulted at the John Moroney Correctional Centre near Windsor. The Public Services Association says its "members are livid" after a corrections officer was hospitalised after allegedly being attacked on the job in July.

It comes as an image obtained by the ABC shows the 55-year-old officer's injuries after allegedly being bashed by an inmate at the John Moroney Correctional Centre. Police have since charged the 21-year-old inmate, who is due to face Blacktown Local Court on Tuesday. New South Wales prison officers have walked off the job in protest after an inmate accused of brutally assaulting one of their colleagues was released from custody.

The union representing corrections officers has Moroney Correctional Centre near Windsor several weeks ago. The Public Services Association of NSW (PSA) said the attack left the officer with a broken eye socket, broken nose and missing teeth. The PSA said the inmate was granted bail on other matters and was initially not charged over the alleged assault.

On Tuesday afternoon, NSW Police said in a statement the 55-year-old corrections officers was allegedly attacked by a 21-year-old inmate on July 25. The man was arrested at a home on Lloyd Street in Blacktown about 11am on Tuesday. He was taken to Blacktown police station where he was charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a law enforcement officer. He was refused bail to appear at Blacktown Local Court on Tuesday.

PSA general secretary Stewart Little said prisoners had been locked down in their cells and trucks were bringing prisoners involved in court proceedings back to prison. "Our members are livid. A corrections officers gets bashed and left with life changing injuries and the guy gets released back into the community without being charged?

That's outrageous, Mr Little said before the man was charged on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Corrective Services NSW said the alleged assault remained a NSW Police investigation. "Any decisions regarding charges are matters for police, she said.