Unionised prison officers remained on strike at Goulburn Jail on Saturday despite the Industrial Relations Commission ordering them back to work on Friday.
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Labor candidate for Goulburn Dr Ursula Stephens said she had been in contact with the Public Service Association on Saturday morning.
"None of the union members, which number up to 200, have responded to the request to go back to work," she said.
They will remain on strike until at least Monday morning when the Association's Prison Officers Vocational Branch meets with Corrective Services.
Officers are angry over safety, security, and staffing following several assaults on their colleagues by Supermax inmates this week.
"I'm standing with officers because I'm aware of the pressure they're under," Dr Stephens said.
"They have been working extraordinary hours to cover staff shortages and it is leading to unsafe work practices."
Executive staff manned the facility on Saturday and prisoners will remain in lockdown until at least Monday morning.
The prison towers are not being manned.
Only two officers, who were union members, remained at work for hospital guard duty, Dr Stephens said.
Friday's strike at Goulburn Jail triggered an estimated 3000 officers at prisons across the state to walk off the job, before the Industrial Relations Commission ordered staff back to work on Saturday.
The strike saw courts across NSW brought to a standstill due to offenders or defendants being unable to be remanded in custody.
NSW jails were reduced to skeleton staff due to the strike, with more than two-thirds of prison officers walking off the job.
