Staff and inmates from Glen Innes and South Coast correctional centres are working to build modular houses and new kitchens for Aboriginal families in.
The inmate, 37, was being transferred to Wollongong Hospital when he grabbed a female guard s handgun and escaped from the van, running down the street and shooting a police car before killing himself.
A male prisoner has died after he reportedly took a handgun from a correctional services officer and shot himself in the neck in the middle of a busy street.