A sign painted above the intake section of Australia's largest prison – the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, west of Sydney – greets every new inmate. 'Welcome to the MRRC. Respect every person you meet in here, and they will also respect you,' it says. Respect in this place can be hard won. Another sign on a cell door says of the wild-haired inmate wearing only underpants staring out from inside: 'Use caution, assaulted nurse on 07/06/17.' That date has then been crossed out and '25/06/17' added. Scroll down for video One inmate shows off while another hides his face at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, west of Sydney This mentally-ill inmate came to his cell door at Silverwater prison dressed only in underpants then hid under his blanket Officers stick warnings about violent inmates outside their cell doors at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre 'I shouldn't be in here': This inmate pleaded with Daily Mail Australia to get him … [Read more...] about Twenty years’ hard labour: From sex in the visiting centre to bikies ruling the roost – the changing scenes staff face inside Australia’s largest prison
