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
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.
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
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
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
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
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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