Prison Name: | Mid North Coast Correctional Centre |
Location: | West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia |
Status: | Operational |
Classification: | Minimum and maximum (males and females) |
Capacity: | 500 |
Opened: | 15 July 2004[1] |
Managed By: | Corrective Services NSW |
Coordinates: | -31.0675°N 152.7527°W |
The Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison for males and females, is located in Aldavilla, West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, north 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 and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
Built on an old Aboriginal site that was a sacred area to the Dunghutti nation,[2] the centre was opened by the Premier, Bob Carr, in July 2004.[3]