A new policy will be implemented at the Alexander Maconochie Centre, meaning a risk assessment must be undertaken before any inmates can be housed together.
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It comes after the ACT Inspector of Correctional Services tabled two reports with recommendations about two assaults within the prison where detainees were hospitalised.
Minister for Corrections Shane Rattenbury announced the government's response to the inspector's reports on Thursday.
The inspector found the prison staff acted appropriately after the assaults and they were not foreseeable.
However, the inspector did find in relation to one of the assaults that the decision to house the inmates in the same cell had not been properly documented.
This prompted the recommendation that the policy regarding inmates sharing cells be reviewed and a risk assessment take place for every accommodation decision.
The government agreed to this recommendation and Mr Rattenbury said the shared cell policy would be notified in December.
The government also agreed to a recommendation that when inmates are placed in segregation, the reasons for doing so are more clearly explained and documented.
Mr Rattenbury said, "[Corrective Services] recognises the significant impact that segregation regimes can have on the mental health of a detainee and is committed to ensuring that such impacts are minimised as far as practicable."
