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New South Wales correctional facilities
Corrective Services NSW is the public authority responsible for correctional facilities in New South Wales.
Note: The details on this page have been compiled from publicly available information for convenience. The Australian Institute of Criminology will review this information periodically but cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
Balund-a (Tabulam)
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Residential diversionary program for offenders |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
186 Welsh Road, Mookima Wybra via TABULAM NSW 2469; Phone: (02)6660 8600 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Bathurst Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium/minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Reception prison for western New South Wales |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 166, Bathurst NSW 2795; Ph: (02) 6338 3282 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Berrima Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium (Female) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
The correctional centre is also responsible for the administration of periodic detention centres at Wollongong and Campbelltown |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 250, Berrima NSW 2577; Ph: (02) 4860 2555 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Minimum security facility for Aboriginal males, operates as a working farm |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Locked Bag 1, Brewarrina NSW 2839; Ph: (02) 6874 4717 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Broken Hill Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium (Male and Female); Periodic detention centre |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
A reception prison. It holds a mixture of sentenced and remand inmates. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 403, Broken Hill NSW 2880; Ph:(08) 8087 3025 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Cessnock Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Maximum/Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
The reception prison for the Newcastle/Hunter region. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 32, Cessnock NSW 2325. Ph: (02) 4993 2333 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Cooma Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium (Males and Females) |
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| Capacity |
140 |
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| Function |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Locked Bag 7, Cooma NSW 2630; Ph: (02) 6455 0333Locked |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Dawn de Loas Correctional Centre Area 1 & 2
| Classification |
Minimum (Males) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Correctional centre for males |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Mail 3 Australia Post Business Centre SILVERWATER, NSW 2128; Ph: (02) 9289 5339 or 9289 5323 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum/Medium (Females) |
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| Capacity |
200 |
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| Function |
First purpose-built women's correctional centre in NSW. Focuses on rehabilitation and preparation for re-integration, with all inmates expected to be employed and attend programs to address offending behaviour. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Part of the John Morony Correctional Complex, Windsor NSW 2756 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Emu Plains Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Female) |
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| Function |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains NSW 2750; Ph: (02) 4735 0200 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Glen Innes Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Pre-release centre to prepare inmates for release to the community |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Gwyder Highway, Glen Innes NSW 2370; Ph: (02) 6733 5766 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Goulburn Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Maximum/Minimum (Male) |
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| Function |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Maud St, Goulburn NSW 2580; Ph: (02) 4827 2222 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Grafton Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium/minimum (males and females) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
As well as housing sentenced offenders, the Centre serves as a reception prison for northern NSW. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 656, Grafton NSW 2460; Ph: (02) 6642 0300 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum |
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| Capacity |
55 |
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| Function |
Work Centre employing inmates in ground- and building- maintenance and in community projects. Inmate population is mostly Aboriginal |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
33 Mitchell St, Ivanhoe NSW 2878 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Junee Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium/Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
750 |
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| Function |
The only privately run facility in NSW. All inmates are held in individual cells, with certain cells equipped to accommodate inmates in accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. |
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| Public/Private |
Private - GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 197, Junee NSW 2663; Ph: (02) 6924 3222 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW; GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd |
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Kirkconnell Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Male) |
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| Function |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 266, Yetholme NSW 2795; Ph: (02) 6337 5219 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Lithgow Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Maximum (Male) |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 666, Marrangaroo Lithgow NSW 2790; Ph: (02) 6350 2222 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Long Bay Correctional Complex
| Classification |
Comprises five separate institutions: four maximum, one minimum security (males and females) |
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| Capacity |
Various (see below) |
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| Function |
Various (see below) |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 13, Matraville NSW 2036; Ph: (02) 8304 2000 |
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| Malabar Special Programs Centre (Maximum) |
Caters for inmates with a variety of problems. It comprises the Special Care Unit, the Alexander Maconochie Unit (violence prevention), Lifestyles Unit (for HIV-positive inmates), the Kevin Waller Unit for self-harming and suicidal inmates, a sex offenders program. |
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| Metropolitan Medical Transit Centre (Maximum) |
It is currently being used to hold inmates who have been discharged from Long Bay Hospital or are awaiting medical appointments. |
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| Industrial Training Centre (Minimum) |
Holds those serving short sentences and those nearing release. |
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| Long Bay Hospital (Maximum) |
Holds a total of 120 inmate patients in four wards. Jointly administered by the Corrective Services NSW and the NSW Department of Health. |
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| Special Purpose Centre (Maximum) |
Holds inmates requiring special protection. |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Mannus Correctional Complex
| Classification |
Minimum (Male); Periodic detention centre (males and females) |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Linden Roth Drive, Mannus via Tumbarumba NSW 2653; Ph: (02) 6941 0333 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC)
| Classification |
Maximum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
900 |
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| Function |
Majority of inmates are unconvicted or unsentenced. One of three centres housed in the Silverwater Correctional Complex |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Private Bag 144, Silverwater NSW 2128; Ph: (02) 9289 5600 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, Kempsey
| Classification |
Medium/Minimum |
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| Capacity |
500 |
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| Function |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 567, West Kempsey NSW 2440; Ph: (02) 6560 2700 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Mulawa Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Maximum (Females) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Principal correctional centre for women in NSW. It is divided into 12 living units, a protection/segregation area, induction unit, hospital annexe, accommodation for both sentenced and unsentenced inmates and various special program units. One of the three centres housed in the Silverwater Correctional Complex |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Locked Bag 130, Australia Business Centre, Silverwater NSW 1811; Ph: (02) 9289 5399 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Oberon Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
100 |
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| Function |
Institution for young male offenders. Caters for one of the final stages of the Corrective Services Young Offenders Program, which attempts to separate younger inmates from older, hardened inmates, and prepares them for eventual release. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
via Shooters Hill Road, Oberon NSW 2787; Ph: (02) 6335 5248 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Parklea Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium (Male) |
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| Capacity |
Maximum security - 743; Work release centre - 80; The Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre - 70 (plus 30 offenders under supervision in the community) |
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| Function |
Primarily a maximum security correctional centre for remand and sentenced maximum and minimum security inmates, including a Works Release Centre. The Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre accommodates inmates on site and under supervision in the community. |
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| Public/Private |
Private |
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| Contact details |
Box 6148, Delivery Centre Fifth Ave, Blacktown NSW 2148; Ph: (02) 9678 4888 |
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| Further information |
GEO group Australia |
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Parramatta Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium security short term remand centre, transient centre and Metropolitan Periodic Detention Centre |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
The Centre It houses unsentenced and sentenced B and C classification male inmates, including Drug Court Sanctions and male periodic detainees. Also houses a number of categories of inmates in full time custody, including: remands; transits awaiting placement at other centres; and drug court sanctions |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Locked Mail Bag 2, North Parramatta NSW 1750; Ph: (02) 9683 0300 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Silverwater Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
One of three centres housed in the Silverwater Correctional Complex |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
Locked Bag 115, Australia Post Business Centre, Silverwater NSW 1811; Ph: (02) 9289 5100 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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St Heliers Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Minimum (Male) |
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| Capacity |
256 |
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| Function |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 597, Muswellbrook NSW 2333; Ph: (02) 6543 1166 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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South Coast Correctional Centre, Nowra
| Classification |
Maximum, medium and minimum security (male and female) |
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| Capacity |
600 |
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| Function |
To provide a facility which caters to all offender needs; i.e. reception/screening, maximum, medium and minimum security, male and female offenders, and which allows for family contact and support for offenders from the South Coast. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
PO Box 538, Nowra Hill NSW 2541; Ph: (02) 4424 6000 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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Tamworth Correctional Centre
| Classification |
Medium (Male) |
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| Capacity |
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| Function |
Serves as a Reception Correctional Centre for Tamworth and surrounding districts. A periodic detention centre was opened in March 1997. |
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| Public/Private |
Public |
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| Contact details |
cnr Dean and Johnson Street, Tamworth NSW 2340; Ph: (02) 6766 4977 |
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| Further information |
Corrective Services NSW |
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