The Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, an Australian
minimum to maximum security prison for males and females, is located in Aldavilla,
West Kempsey,
New South Wales
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Australia
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, north of
Sydney
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. The facility is operated by
Corrective Services NSW
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, an
agency
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of the
Department of Attorney General and Justice, of the
Government of New South Wales
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. The Centre accepts
sentenced
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History
Early years (1988–1991)
Sentenced started in 1988 as Deformity and c ...
and
unsentenced felons
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under New South Wales and/or
Commonwealth
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legislation.
History
Built on an old
Aboriginal site that was a sacred area to the
Dunghutti
The Djangadi people, also spelt Dhungatti, Dainggati, Tunggutti or Dunghutti are an Aboriginal Australian people resident in the Macleay Valley of northern New South Wales
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nation, the centre was opened by the
Premier
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,
Bob Carr
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, in July 2004.
Notable inmates
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Rodney Adler
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disgraced businessman.
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Austin Allan Hughesco–convicted for the 1994 murder of John Ashfield, aged six years.
*Bronson Blessington - At the age of just 14 was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the 1988 murder of
Janine Balding
See also
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Punishment in Australia
Punishment in Australia arises when an individual has been accused or convicted of breaking the law through the Australian criminal justice system. Australia uses prisons, as well as community corrections (various non-custodial punishments such ...
References
External links
Mid North Coast Correctional Centre website
Prisons in New South Wales
Maximum security prisons in Australia
Mid North Coast
2004 establishments in Australia
Buildings and structures completed in 2004
Kempsey Shire
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