Cessnock Correctional Centre Explained
Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. It was opened in 1972 under the name Cessnock Training Centre.[1] The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW. It detains sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
Facilities were significantly updated during 2012, including the completion of Australia's first purpose-built maximum security sex offenders unit; built at a cost of $97 million.[2] [3]
Notable prisoners
External links
- Web site: Cessnock Correctional Centre. Corrective Services NSW. 26 November 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101115102049/http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres/cessnock. 15 November 2010.
Notes and References
- Web site: Key moments in Penal Culture in NSW 1970 – present . The Australian Prisons Project . University of New South Wales. 2010 . 3 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130409150217/http://www.app.unsw.edu.au/section-3-prisons-4 . 9 April 2013 . dead .
- News: Sex offenders unit at Cessnock gaol . ABC News. Australia . 7 March 2012 . 3 May 2012 .
- News: A rare look behind the walls of Cessnock Correctional Centre . The Advertiser . Cessnock . 28 March 2012 . 3 May 2012 .
- News: Steroids bust for jailed Olympian Nathan Baggaley . Tabakoff, Nick . The Daily Telegraph. Australia . 12 June 2010 . 27 August 2012 .
- News: The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 August 1996 . Death & Funeral Notice: Leonard Arthur (Lenny) McPherson, late of Gladesville formerly of Balmain .
- http://www.abc.net.au/archives/timeline/1980s.htm Timeline: The 1980s
- News: Collins. Ben. How Nigel Milsom, who just won the $100,000 Archibald Prize, wound up in prison for robbery. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721011615/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-nigel-milsom-who-just-won-the-100000-archibald-prize-wound-up-in-prison-for-robbery-2015-7. dead. 21 July 2015. 18 July 2015. Business Insider. 17 July 2015.
- News: Ray, Rodney brawl on . The Sydney Morning Herald . Evans, Michael . 4 April 2007 . 7 May 2012 .