Wellington Correctional Centre

Wellington Correctional Centre
Location	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Status	Operational
Security class	Minimum to maximum (males and females)
Capacity	600
Opened	13 September 2007^[1]
Managed by	Corrective Services NSW

Wellington Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males and females, 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 Attorney General and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Centre accepts sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.

References

↑ Hatzistergos, John MLC (13 September 2007). "New 600 bed Wellington Jail officially open" (PDF) (Press release). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

Prisons in New South Wales

Operational facilities for adults	Bathurst Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Broken Hill Cessnock Cooma Dawn de Loas Defence Force Correctional Establishment Dillwynia Emu Plains Glen Innes Goulburn Grafton Ivanhoe (Warakirri) John Morony Junee Lithgow Long Bay Mannus Mid North Coast Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre Oberon Outer Metropolitan Multi Purpose Correctional Centre Parklea Silverwater Silverwater Women's St Heliers Tamworth Wellington

Operational facilities for juveniles	Acmena Broken Hill Cobham Frank Baxter Juniperina Kariong Orana Reiby Riverina

Closed facilities	Albury Armidale Balranald Bega Berrima Biloela Bombala Braidwood Burrowa Condobolin Coonabarabran Cootamundra Darlinghurst Deniliquin Dubbo Fort Denison Grenfell Hay Keelong Kempsey Kirkconnell Laurel Hill Maitland Mudgee Narrabri Parramatta Port Macquarie Taree Tuncurry Wagga Wagga Wentworth Windsor Wollongong Wyalong Yarrangobilly Yass Young

See also: List of Australian prisons

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