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Inmate critical after NSW prison brawl
AAP
A prisoner is in a critical condition after being stabbed in a brawl at a maximum security jail in Sydney.
A Corrective Services spokeswoman said the 23-year-old man was attacked with an implement made in the jail in a fight between five inmates at the Lithgow Correctional Centre on Friday.
The man was flown to hospital with puncture wounds to his neck while the other four inmates were segregated.
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A Westmead Hospital spokeswoman said on Sunday the prisoner was in a critical but stable condition.
No charges have yet been laid in relation to the brawl.
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