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Cessnock Correctional Centre

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Status
  
Operational

Opened
  
1972

Capacity
  
750

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Location
  
Cessnock, New South Wales

Security class
  
Minimum (with a maximum security area for sex offenders)

Managed by
  
Corrective Services NSW

Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. The centre 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 detains sentenced and unsentenced felons 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 A$97 million. The centre serves as the reception prison for the Newcastle and Hunter Region.

Notable prisoners

  • Nathan Baggaley – a former Olympic sprint canoer, jailed between 2009 and 2011 for dealing ecstasy.
  • William MacDonald – (1924-2015)
  • Lenny McPherson (1921-1996)  – organised crime figure.
  • Harry M. Miller – media agent, promoter and publicist, convicted of fraud.
  • Nigel Milsom – Archibald Prize-winning painter, armed robbery.
  • Ray Williams – disgraced businessman.

    • References

    Cessnock Correctional Centre Wikipedia
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