Macquarie Correctional Centre, an Australian

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for males, is located in

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, west of

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. The facility is operated by

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, an

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of the

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, of the

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. The Centre accepts

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prisoners under New South Wales and/or

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legislation. The facility is made up of 1400 buildings (primarily single storey) and has three hundred layers of fencing. There is more than 5 km of secure fencing and over 16,000 security cameras. The centre was completed in just 54 weeks. It is located next to the larger

Wellington Correctional Centre Wellington Correctional Centre, an Australian Prison, maximum security prison for males and females, is located in Wellington, New South Wales, Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Servi ...

that has 750 beds.

References

External links

Wellington Correctional Centre website
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See also

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