Editing Silverwater Correctional Complex (section)

==Major incidents==

In March 1999, inmate [[John Killick (Australian criminal)|John Killick]] escaped Silverwater Prison via a helicopter that had been hijacked by his partner, [[Lucy Dudko]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=David |date=February 20, 2019 |title='I deserved to go to jail': Bank robber John Killick on a life of crime |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-deserved-to-go-to-jail-bank-robber-john-killick-on-a-life-of-crime-20190220-p50yyz.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Killick |first=John |title=The Last Escape |publisher=New Holland |year=2017 |pages=303–318}}</ref>

In March 2021, one of the staff working at the jail died after shooting himself just moments after driving a prison van.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://expressdigest.com/dramatic-scenes-as-a-prison-guard-shoots-himself-dead-at-a-notorious-sydney-prison/|title = Dramatic scenes as a prison guard shoots himself dead at a notorious Sydney prison &#124; Express Digest|date = 3 March 2021}}</ref>

In October 2021, a former prison guard who used to work at Silverwater was sentenced to jail for assault. Before this she was punished for having inappropriate contact with a prisoner at the jail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/former-prison-guard-melissa-goodwin-charged-with-biting-rebels-bikie-ex-boyfriend/015852de-a7fb-4981-b18e-e4a8efa246d9|title = Former prison guard charged with biting her Rebels bikie ex-boyfriend during a fight}}</ref>