3.5.3 Inmates at all centres complained of being subjected to a whole manner of abuse if, during parliamentary committee visits, they expose improper behavior by officials/complain of ill-treatment or poor conditions of incarceration. At the New Kimberley Correctional Centre many inmates complained of warders, unit managers and the HCC treating them poorly and refusing to listen and attend to their complaints. There were also numerous allegations of inmates having been assaulted by officials. The HCC's failure to respond to inmates requests for a meeting at which to discuss their grievances had for instance resulted in the 3 August riot that saw warders being taken hostage and extensive damage to their unit. More than one inmate indicated that the heavy-handed treatment he received at the centre, made him feel that he was in a maximum security, rather than a medium security facility.