Wellington Correctional Centre, an Australian
maximum security prison for males and females, is located in
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
,
New South Wales
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Australia, west of
Sydney. The facility is operated by
Corrective Services NSW
Corrective Services New South Wales (CSNSW) is a division of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. CSNSW is responsible for the state's prisons and a range of programs for managing offenders in ...
, an
agency of the
Department of Attorney General and Justice, of the
Government of New South Wales. The Centre accepts
sentenced and
unsentenced felons
A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resul ...
under New South Wales and/or
Commonwealth legislation.
The
2021 mouse plague caused the complete evacuation (420 inmates and 200 staff) of the facility in June 2021 as dead mice and damage to infrastructure led to concerns for health and safety of inmates and staff. Female prisoners were moved first, to
Bathurst and
Broken Hill.
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 suc ...
References
External links
Wellington Correctional Centre website
Prisons in New South Wales
Maximum security prisons in Australia
Wellington, New South Wales
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