Green’s Dictionary of Slang

lout n.

(Aus. prison) a young prisoner who poses as a tough veteran.

[Aus]B. Ellem Doing Time app. C 244: [T]hey believe that if you’re one out by yourself all the time, you’re a psychopath. If you’re two out then you’ve got to be fucking one another. If you’re three out you’re a gang of louts.