A NEW fleet of high-tech transport vans to move inmates between facilities in NSW will improve safety for prison guards, the state's attorney-general says.
Four new high-tech escort vehicles will be rolled out over the next year to help with the transfer of detainees between the state's courts and prisons.
The vehicles will include GPS tracking, back-to-base live video streaming, and individual compartments for prisoners.
Launching the vans on Monday, NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith said the improvements would increase safety for prison guards.
"When you have to open a compartment with more than one prisoner there is always a chance that they'll all rush at you at once," Mr Smith said.
"There's only two officers in the van, the driver and the escort, and that's a dangerous situation.
"So, this time they can open the separate compartment...and that's safer."
Mr Smith also said the GPS and live-video streaming would allow for better communication with the prison base at Silverwater Correctional Complex.
Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Commissioner Peter Severin said the addition of an intercom system in the vehicles would also offer greater protection for prisoners.
He said the changes had come following consultation with the family of an inmate who died of a heart condition in one of the transport vehicles last year.
CSNSW transports approximately 150,000 detainees a year.
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