Prison officers have used tear gas on inmates fighting in the yard of Sydney's Long Bay Hospital in Matraville, with one prisoner being taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog.
The fight broke out in the yards attached to the hospital, where 85 inmates are kept as they are treated for medical conditions.
Prisoners in one yard began to fight around lunchtime on Monday, when prison officers moved on the inmates to stop the fight.
As officers broke up the fight in the original yard, a fracas broke out in an adjacent yard and officers then moved to subdue those inmates.
Tear gas was deployed on both yards, as were dogs.
"Correctional officers from Long Bay Hospital and our Security Operations Group have responded to an incident at the prison," said a statement from Corrective Services on Monday afternoon.
"The incident started about midday when a number of inmates in one yard began fighting. Other inmates refused to obey officers’ directions and allow staff to go into that yard and stop the fight.
"Gas was deployed to safely secure those inmates. Inmates in another two yards then began refusing to obey staff directions. Gas was deployed with officers now safely securing those inmates."
One prisoner has been taken to hospital for treatment for a dog bite, a Corrective Services spokeswoman said.
Sally Rawsthorne is a Crime Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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