1/29A guard opens a lock on a prison cell gate at the Brush Farm Corrective Services training headquarters in Eastwood. Picture: Tim Hunter
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2/29Correctional officer trainee Rhiannan Harvey heading into Long Bay Jail for a search training session. Picture: Tim Hunter
3/29Correctional officer trainees doing a search training session at Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
4/29Correctional Officer trainees doing a search training session at Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
5/29Correctional officer trainee Cameron Marshall searches an inmate at Long Bay. Picture: Tim Hunter
6/29Correctional officer trainee Rhiannan Harvey searches through the belongings of inmates at Long Bay. Picture: Tim Hunter
7/29Correctional officer trainee Parmjit Singh holding a shiv which he found with an inmate’s belongings during a search training session at Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
8/29Correctional officer trainees search a cell at Long Bay. Picture: Tim Hunter
9/29Terror-related material being taken down from the wall of an an inmate’s cell at Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
10/29Searches include looking under the beds in cells. Picture: Tim Hunter
11/29Three trainees undergo a thorough search of a cell in Long Bay. Picture: Tim Hunter
12/29A length of rope made by an inmate, which was found while during a trainee search training session at Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
13/29Correctional officer trainees head into Long Bay Jail for a search training session. Picture: Tim Hunter
14/29Correctional officer trainees being briefed before conducting searches in Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
15/29Long Bay Jail inmates are regularly searched. Picture: Tim Hunter
16/29Inmates being searched by correctional officer trainees at Long Bay. Picture: Tim Hunter
17/29The trainees learn how to conduct thorough searches of inmates. Picture: Tim Hunter
18/29Metal detectors are used during the searches at Long Bay Jail. Picture: Tim Hunter
19/29Correctional officer trainee Rhiannan Harvey searches a Long Bay prisoner. Picture: Tim Hunter
20/29The trainees learn how to search prisoners and what to look for. Picture: Tim Hunter
21/29A shiv found by a correctional officer trainee at Long Bay prison. Picture: Tim Hunter.
22/29A shiv was found hidden in a baby powder bottle at Long Bay. Picture: Tim Hunter
23/29An inmate wraps a towel wrapped around his stomach to protect him from stabbings in the yard. Picture: Tim Hunter
24/29Correctional officer trainee Aynslie Farrell doing live fire shooting training in Windsor. Picture: Tim Hunter
25/29Correctional officer trainees doing shooting training in Windsor. Picture: Tim Hunter
26/29The trainees undergo rifle shooting training. Picture: Tim Hunter
27/29The trainees fire at targets during shooting training in Windsor. Picture: Tim Hunter
28/29Graduates Caitlin McMurray and Karen Woodiwiss at the Brush Farm Corrective Services training headquarters. Picture: Tim Hunter
29/29Lauren Oliver (centre), director of Corrective Services NSW Academy and Operational Training, with learning and developement officer Jon Cresswel (left), and graduates Caitlin McMurray and Karen Woodiwiss. Picture: Tim Hunter
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