Mannus Correctional Centre, an Australian

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for males, is located south of

Tumbarumba Tumbarumba ( ) is a town in New South Wales, Australia, about southwest of the state capital, Sydney. Tumbarumba is located in the South West Slopes (New South Wales), South West Slopes region at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains. The s ...

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. The centre is operated by

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an agency of the

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of the

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. The centre detains

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prisoners under New South Wales and/or

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legislation. The centre also serves as a weekend periodic detention centre for both male and female inmates who are employed on community projects. The centre publishes an anthology of poetry, short stories, songs and photographs of art work by the centre's inmates called ''Authors and Artists of Mannus''. The anthology is currently in its sixth edition as of 2010. On 2 January 2020, 155 inmates from the Centre were evacuated to the Junee Correctional Centre due to the impending fire front from the Dunns Road fire.

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