Kirkconnell Correctional Centre, an

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for males, is located east of Bathurst,

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. 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. In September 2011 it was reported that

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will close the facility in December 2011, as a cost saving measure. All of inmates were relocated to the minimum security wings at

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and Long Bay. The facility was reopened on 30 July 2015, after a 4 million dollar upgrade.

Notable prisoners

* Rodney Adlerdisgraced businessman *

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* Paul Luckman, convicted murderer who is now a woman and goes by the name Nicole Louise Pearce *

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, former NSW labor party politician

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Notable prisoners

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