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Miklos Bolza

Failures admitted after prison officers stabbed, burnt

Two prison officers were stabbed with shivs and one suffered chemical burns when they were ambushed. (Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS)

The NSW government has admitted it failed to provide a safe workplace after two officers were stabbed with shivs and one suffered chemical burns during a prison ambush.

Officers Nathan Fuller and Matthew Lansdowne expected a normal day at work at the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre near Kempsey when they were attacked on December 19, 2020.

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