**'Chaos in Custody: Inmates at Greenough Prison Accused of Plotting Riot'**
A plot by inmates to riot and take hostages at a prison in regional Western Australia has sparked further questions about pressure on the state's corrective services system. WA's Prison Officers Union (WAPOU) said staff at Greenough Regional Prison, 400 kilometres north of Perth, uncovered the plot last month. Allegedly hatched by nine inmates, the plan included starting a disturbance and taking staff, including prison officers, as hostages. Greenough was the site of one of WA's worst prison escapes , with 10 inmates going on the run after a riot that left hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in 2018. WAPOU secretary Andy Smith said evidence of the plot was "tested and found to be credible enough" for the union to pressure the Department of Justice to act. "It took pressure from the union to force the department to arrive at Greenough Regional Prison and relocate nine prisoners," Mr Smith said. Asked on ...