NSW inmate 'punctured' in prison assault
A maximum-security prisoner has been admitted to hospital after being assaulted at a correctional facility in NSW.
Emergency services were called to the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre in Aldavilla on Monday afternoon following reports a man had been assaulted.
The 31-year-old male inmate suffered five puncture wounds to his eyebrow, chest, left shoulder and back, a NSW Ambulance spokesman told AAP.
The prisoner is believed to be suffering from a collapsed lung, a Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman said in a statement.
He was taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Three other inmates - aged 27, 28 and 35 - were identified as "persons of interest".
