Correctional Centre NSW
Updated yesterday at 2:38pm
PHOTO: Beau Wiles, 25,*escaped from the minimum security section of the prison. (Supplied: NSW Police)
MAP: Goulburn 2580
A prisoner has escaped from the minimum security facility at Goulburn Correctional Centre in the Southern Tablelands, NSW Police have confirmed.
Beau Wiles, 25, was last seen in the work area outside the minimum security section just before 10:00am, police said.
In a statement, Corrective Services NSW said the work facility Wiles escaped from is outside the secure perimeter of the Goulburn Correctional Complex.
Officers said a search had started for the inmate who was described as being of Caucasian appearance, around 180cm tall and 100kg in weight.
Wiles has tattoos on his lower forearms and was last seen wearing prison greens.
Police have searched a nearby creek, storage yard and are door knocking homes in the area. PolAir is also circling the vicinity.
The Corrective Services said Wiles is serving an 18-month sentence for shoplifting and driving while disqualified.
His 12-month non-parole period was due to expire in July 2016.
Officers have urged the public not to approach Wiles if they see him, but to call triple-0 immediately.
A smash repair worker across the road from the jail said he believed he served two suspicious men this morning.
"I had a couple of fellas, I think they were from Sydney, looking for some parts," he said.
"They just mentioned that they were here to pick up a fella from jail and and hour or so later someone's escaped, so we just called police just to let them know."
In the days before his escape, several photos of Wiles inside the prison were uploaded to Facebook.
Police said the use of electronic devices was prohibited in prison and his online activity would form part of their investigation into his escape.
Last month, a maximum security prisoner escaped from the prison after tying bed sheets together to climb over a jail wall.
Stephen Jamieson, 28, was caught almost 12 hours later after allegedly stealing a ute and leading police on a 40-kilometre high-speed pursuit.
His escape prompted Corrective Services NSW to order a review of security arrangements in the prison's maximum security section.
Jamieson had been in segregation after being identified as a suspect over the discovery of a man-made hole in the floor which was found in the prison earlier in August.
Corrective Services Minister David Elliott has not commented on the latest escape but said the department was keeping him informed.
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