THE NSW opposition has called for an urgent review of security in the state's prisons after a week in which four inmates escaped and two others died in custody.
In the latest incident, three minimum security inmates absconded from their unit at a prison at Glen Innes, in northern NSW, some time between 6.30pm (AEDT) on Thursday and 7am on Friday.
That followed the escape of a prisoner from Goulburn Correctional Centre on Tuesday and the deaths of two prisoners in custody at the Silverwater Metropolitan Remand Centre on Monday.
Opposition justice spokesman Paul Lynch said it was alarming to see three separate serious incidents across three separate NSW prisons in such a short space of time.
"(Attorney-General) Greg Smith needs to explain how these four prisoners have managed to escape with seemingly so much ease from custody and remain at large within our community," Mr Lynch said in a statement.
"It is completely unacceptable to have this many serious incidents across our prison system without any answers from the O'Farrell government."
Mr Lynch said the incidents could be linked to recent job losses within the prison system.
"We already know that this minister has overseen the slashing of 650 corrective services jobs, which has clearly compromised the safety and security of our prison system.
Police are continuing their search for the three inmates who escaped on Thursday, who have been named as Zac Cree, 25, Ashley Cullen, 21, and Reegan Freeburn, 24, all from Grafton.
Cree was serving a sentence for driving and break-and-enter offences, Cullen for break and enter and fraud, and Freeburn was serving a term for assault, stalking and intimidation as well as reckless wounding.
Meanwhile, Christopher Gibbs, 30, remains on the run after escaping from the Goulburn Correctional Centre in the NSW southern tablelands on Tuesday morning while serving a sentence for armed robbery.
Police say anyone who sees any of the men should not approach them but contact police immediately.
On Monday, two male prisoners, aged 41 and 47, were found dead at Silverwater Prison's Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre.
A police spokeswoman said the homicide squad was pursuing murder-suicide as a key line of inquiry, but detectives were keeping an open mind.
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