Inside during a prison raid

The Daily Telegraph accompanied elite prison officers on December 17 as they raided maximum security cells in the remand section of Silverwater Correction Centre wearing body-worn cameras for the first time.

December 23, 2018 - 11:00PM

Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

1/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

A Corrective Services officers checks the seal on a window for contraband during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

2/22A Corrective Services officers checks the seal on a window for contraband during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

An inmate is interviewed by Corrective Services officers following the discovery of drugs in his cell during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

3/22An inmate is interviewed by Corrective Services officers following the discovery of drugs in his cell during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

Corrective Services officers pictured with different types of body cameras currently being trialed during cell raids at Silverwater Jail whilst looking for contraband. Picture: Richard Dobson

4/22Corrective Services officers pictured with different types of body cameras currently being trialed during cell raids at Silverwater Jail whilst looking for contraband. Picture: Richard Dobson

5/22A Corrective Services officers checks the seal on a window for contraband during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

6/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

7/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

8/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

9/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

Corrective Services officers run as quietly as possible to a cell block to execute a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

10/22Corrective Services officers run as quietly as possible to a cell block to execute a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

11/22A Corrective Services officers checks the seal on a window for contraband during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

Pictured is an amount of drugs found by Corrective Services officers during cell raids at Silverwater Jail. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

12/22Pictured is an amount of drugs found by Corrective Services officers during cell raids at Silverwater Jail. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

13/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

14/22A Corrective Services sniffer dog "Skip" pictured during cell raids at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. Officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

15/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

16/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

17/22An inmate is interviewed by Corrective Services officers following the discovery of drugs in his cell during a raid on cells at Silverwater Jail. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

18/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

19/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

20/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

21/22Corrective Services officers pictured with different types of body cameras currently being trialed during cell raids at Silverwater Jail whilst looking for contraband. Picture: Richard Dobson

22/22Corrective Services officers raid cells at Silverwater Jail looking for contraband. The officers now wear body cams that record the raids. Picture: Richard Dobson

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