00:00Standing firm as union members vote to continue striking indefinitely until staff receive a 20% pay rise over 18 months.
00:11So I just found out a couple of minutes ago, the home detention staff are out.
00:19The Public Service Association says 16 officers who monitor the ankle bracelets of one and a half thousand people on home detention also voted to strike.
00:29And there is nobody monitoring home detention in South Australia.
00:35I've been reassured by the Chief Executive of Correctional Services that they have staff to maintain security over those detainees.
00:44The Corrections Department didn't respond to questions from the ABC about how the 16 positions would be filled.
00:50But in a statement it said its ankle monitoring services remain operational and all response protocols were unchanged and in force.
00:58The Government continues to rule out the requested pay increase, offering between a 10.5 to 12.5% yearly increase instead.
01:07I'd say to the PSA, we've offered considerable pay increases, considerable pay increases.
01:15And what they risk doing now is losing public support.
01:19Prisoners have been in lockdown since Monday morning when the strike began.
01:28A couple of minutes said their Treantè…± of the
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