Detectives are investigating a stabbing at Goulburn Correctional Centre's Supermax on Sunday.
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Police said they were called to the Maud Street facility at noon following reports an inmate had been stabbed.
A 29-year-old inmate, reported to be Talal Alameddine, the brother of alleged underworld boss Rafat Alameddine, sustained cuts to his shoulder and face, during what police described as a 'physical altercation' with a 21-year-old prisoner in the jail's recreational area.
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Alameddine was taken to Goulburn Base Hospital for treatment of minor stab wounds and lacerations.
The younger man was uninjured.
Detectives from the State Crime Command's Criminal Groups Squad and The Hume Police District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A Corrective Services spokesman confirmed the altercation occurred within the High Risk Management Unit, known as Supermax, at 11am.
Corrective Services is also investigating.
The department declined to supply further details. A spokesman did however say that no officers were involved and the facility did not go into lockdown as a result.
It's understood Alameddine was returned to the prison on Sunday afternoon.
It follows another stabbing at the facility's maximum security area in July, 2020. At that time, a 31-year-old inmate was stabbed in the neck with what was believed to be a jail-made weapon after an altercation with a 21-year-old prisoner. He suffered minor, non-life threatening injuries and was flown to Canberra Hospital for treatment.
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