Former NSW Police assistant commissioner Mark Murdoch will be leading a task force investigating the cultural issue in prisons after allegations of guards sleeping with inmates surfaced.
NSW Corrections Minister David Elliott has become aware of appalling revelations in prisons across the state in the past 10 days after a female guard was suspended over an alleged relationship with a convicted cop-killer.
Mr Murdoch says the recent allegations in the media would be the start of his investigation which could unearth a much bigger problem.