Two inmates have been hospitalised after separate prison fights in less than a week at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
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A serious assault involving two minimum-security detainees occurred at the prison on Wednesday morning. The attack left one of the detainees in hospital.
The reason for the assault is not yet known by prison authorities.
''The detainees involved were both minimum-security detainees with no known association issues,'' Justice and Community Safety Directorate communications manager Darren Cutrupi said.
Another assault occurred at the prison only last Friday.
That attack involved sentenced mainstream detainees, one a high-profile prisoner, who also had no known association issues.
A detainee was taken to hospital, but authorities say he returned to the prison within 48 hours.
Police have been notified of both assaults, and are investigating.
ACT Corrective Services figures show the number of assaults at the prison more than halved in 2012-13.
There were 45 recorded assaults on prisoners in the ACT in 2011-12. Four were classified as serious.
The number of assaults dropped to 17 in 2012-13. The number of victims of serious violent attacks rose to seven.
None of the incidents involved sexual assault.
Corrections said victims of prison attacks were given the option to refer the matter to ACT Policing.
''When circumstances warrant, ACT Corrective Services will report incidents to ACT Policing regardless of whether a detainee chooses to report the matter, such as where there is significant injury to a detainee,'' a spokeswoman said.
The Friday incident is at least the third serious assault at the prison this year involving high-profile inmates.
Convicted paedophile Ian Harold King lost an eye after he was king-hit in January. The attack occurred when King, a prisoner under strict protection, came into contact with a mainstream prisoner.
King lost his eye and required reconstructive surgery.
Corrective Services made a number of changes to ensure prisoners under strict protection no longer came into contact with the general prison population, including the erection of a fence around the strict protection building and an extra guard to escort protected prisoners around the prison.
In August, notorious prison hard man Matthew James Massey was stabbed after being set upon by inmates.
He received stitches in his leg when two detainees attacked him with a shiv, or a makeshift knife.
Police investigations into the knifing stalled after Massey refused to co-operate with investigators.
