Macquarie Correctional Centre

Macquarie Correctional Centre
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LocationWuuluman, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates32°30′21″S 148°58′54″E / 32.5059028°S 148.9817762°E / -32.5059028; 148.9817762
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
(males)
Capacity400
Opened15 December 2017[1]
Managed byCorrective Services NSW

Macquarie Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males, is located in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 360 kilometres (220 mi) west of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Centre accepts sentenced prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.

The facility is made up of 1400 buildings (primarily single storey) and has three hundred layers of fencing. There is more than 5 km of secure fencing and over 16,000 security cameras. The centre was completed in just 54 weeks.[2] It is located next to the larger Wellington Correctional Centre that has 750 beds.

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References

  1. ^ Hawkey, Elouise (15 December 2017). "Macquarie Correctional Centre officially in operation". Daily Liberal. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Macquarie Correctional Centre, Wellington". TSA Management. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.


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