Kirkconnell Correctional Centre

Prison in New South Wales, Australia

33°25′02″S 149°50′30″E / 33.4171859°S 149.8417139°E / -33.4171859; 149.8417139StatusOperationalSecurity classMinimum (males only)Capacity260Opened26 November 1958
30 July 2015 (reopening)ClosedDecember 2011Managed byCorrective Services NSW

Kirkconnell Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Bathurst, New South Wales.^[1]

The Centre is located in the Sunny Corner State Forest and has a fully trained bushfire fighting team comprising both prison staff and inmates.

It was declared a prison under the name "Kirkconnell Afforestation Camp" on 26 November 1958.^[2] In September 2011 it was reported that Corrective Services NSW will close the facility in December 2011, as a cost saving measure.^[3]^[4] All of inmates were relocated to the minimum security wings at Bathurst Correctional Centre and Long Bay.^[5] The facility was reopened on 30 July 2015, after a 4 million dollar upgrade.^[6]

Notable prisoners

Rodney Adler^[7] – disgraced businessman
Roger Rogerson^[8]
Paul Luckman, convicted murderer who is now a woman and goes by the name Nicole Louise Pearce
Eddie Obeid, former NSW labor party politician

References

^ "Kirkconnell Correctional Centre". Corrective Services NSW. New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, 28 Nov 1958 [Issue No.119], p. 3643
^ Shanahan, Leo (7 September 2011). "Closures to make other NSW jails rougher, says prison officers' union". The Australian. AAP. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ Patty, Anna (7 September 2011). "A way to get out of three jails". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Prisons to close" (PDF) (Press release). Corrective Services NSW. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Kirkconnell jail re-opening to bring 'very worthy outcomes', says MP". ABC. 30 July 2015.
^ Mitchell, Alex (19 June 2005). "Adler moved to Bathurst prison". The Age. AAP. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ McNab, Duncan (2016). ""13. Another opening, another show"". Roger Rogerson. Hachette Australia.

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