Cessnock Correctional Centre
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LocationCessnock, New South Wales
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum (with a maximum security area for sex offenders)
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| Location | Cessnock, New South Wales |
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| Coordinates | 32°49′01″S 151°20′21″E / 32.81694°S 151.33917°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum (with a maximum security area for sex offenders) |
| Capacity | 750 |
| Opened | 1972[1] |
| Managed by | Corrective Services NSW |
Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. It was opened in 1972 under the name Cessnock Training Centre.[1] The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW. It detains sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
Facilities were significantly updated during 2012, including the completion of Australia's first purpose-built maximum security sex offenders unit; built at a cost of $97 million.[2][3]
- Nathan Baggaley[4] – a former Olympic canoe sprinter, jailed between 2009 and 2011 for dealing ecstasy.
- William MacDonald[citation needed] – English-born Australian serial killer (born Allen Ginsberg, 1924–2015)
- Lenny McPherson (1921–1996)[5] – organised crime figure.
- Harry M Miller[6] – (1934–2018) New Zealand-Australian media agent, promoter and publicist, convicted of fraud.
- Nigel Milsom[7] – Archibald Prize-winning painter, armed robbery.
- Gareth Ward – a former politician who was a councillor for the City of Shoalhaven council and a former MP for the Kiama electoral district on the South Coast, convicted sex offender currently awaiting sentencing.[8]
- Ray Williams[9] – disgraced businessman.
