Emergency services were called to Victoria's maximum security prison on Monday night after a fight broke out among juvenile detainees.
A source told Fairfax Media that a group of teenage offenders at the Barwon Prison's Grevillea unit started fighting about 7:45pm.
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Brawl erupts at Barwon Prison
Up to 20 teen detainees were involved in a fight at the Victorian maximum security prison on Monday night. Courtesy Seven News Melbourne.
The source said staff intervened in the fight, and the inmates started to attack them.
The fight involved a group of 17-20 youths, according to AAP.
An Emergency Response Team was called in to assist, according to the source.
The Department of Health and Human Services said the incident was resolved about 10pm and youth offenders were contained within the unit.
There have been no reports of youth offenders sustaining injuries. It is yet to be confirmed if any prison staff have been injured.
Victoria Police, the Country Fire Authority and Ambulance Victoria were called to the scene and were on standby.
Corrections Victoria is yet to confirm details of the incident.
It comes as the Victorian Government is set to face a fresh challenge in the Victorian Supreme Court over its decision to use the Barwon adult maximum security prison to house young offenders.
The Human Rights Law Centre, which led two previous and successful court challenges against the use of Barwon's Grevillea wing to house around two dozen teens, is launching a third legal challenge in a bid to force the government to remove teenage detainees from the jail.
Late last month, a 16-year-old boy held in Barwon Prison suffered a fractured vertebra after being bashed by fellow inmates.