Macquarie Correctional Centre

Prison in Australia

32°30′21″S 148°58′54″E / 32.5059028°S 148.9817762°E / -32.5059028; 148.9817762StatusOperationalSecurity classMaximum
(males)Capacity400Opened15 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 14 buildings (primarily single storey) and has three layers of fencing. There is more than 5 km of secure fencing and over 600 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.

References

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

External links

Wellington Correctional Centre website

Places of detention in New South Wales

State facilities

Adults	Bathurst Berrima Clarence Compulsory Drug Treatment Brewarrina Broken Hill Cessnock Cooma Dawn de Loas Shortland Dillwynia Emu Plains Forensic Hospital Glen Innes Goulburn Hunter Illawarra Ivanhoe John Morony Junee Kirkconnell Lithgow Long Bay Macquarie Mary Wade Mannus Mid North Coast Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre Oberon Outer Metropolitan Parklea Silverwater Women's St Heliers Tabulam Tamworth Wellington
Juveniles	Acmena Cobham Frank Baxter Kariong Orana Reiby Riverina

Adults