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, previously known as Penrith minimum security prison. It is located on Old Bathurst Rd,

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legislation. It is temporarily closed.

Facilities

Established as a working

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in 1914, the Emu Plains Prison Farm accommodated male inmates as part of a process of rehabilitation through farming. The centre was remodelled in 1957 as Emu Plains Training Centre and again in 1976 as Emu Plains Detention Centre. In 1994, the centre was again remodelled and all male inmates were transferred to other correctional facilities, with the Emu Plain Correctional Centre created as a minimum security prison for women. In 1996 a women's and children's program was established that permitted inmates to maintain closer contact with their children. The program allows some children to stay with their mother in custody and also allows inmates to make recordings of book readings for their children. Inmates were employed in the dairy for dairy processing, and previously assisted in the breeding and training of assistance dogs to help people with disabilities. Emu Plains also ran a

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program.

Notable prisoners

* Anu Singhconvicted for the 1997 murder of her boyfriend.

References

External links

Emu Plains Correction Centre website
{{NewSouthWalesPrisons Prisons in Sydney 1914 establishments in Australia Emu Plains, New South Wales