What is the reference number for Goulburn Correctional Centre?
Reference no. 00808. The Goulburn Correctional Centre, an Australian supermaximum security prison for males, is located in Goulburn, New South Wales, three kilometres north-east of the central business district. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Justice, of the Government of New South Wales.
What was the original name of the Goulburn prison?
The prison was renamed the Goulburn Reformatory in 1928, and became known as the Goulburn Training Centre in 1949. In 1992 the centre was again renamed – Goulburn Correctional Centre. In 1986-1988 the first major redevelopment project was undertaken.
Was inmate stabbed in upper body at Goulburn Correctional Facility?
The injured inmate was believed to have been stabbed in the upper body. A NSW Police spokesperson confirmed emergency services were called to Goulburn Correctional Facility at 2pm after reports a man had been injured.
Where is the nearest railway station to Goulburn?
It is located om the Goulburn Correctional Complex in the Southern Tablelands, 197km south-west of Sydney. Also located on the complex is the High Risk Management Correctional Centre . The nearest railway station is Goulburn Station. A taxi ride from the station to the Centre is approximately 3 km.
What ever happened to the Goulburn gaols?
Goulburn was one of the two Maclean-inspired gaols in NSW which best incorporated all that had been learned of penal design in the nineteenth century. The other, Bathurst Correctional Complex, has lost its chapel and been substantially remodelled.
What is it like inside the Goulburn supermax?
The Goulburn SuperMax has been home to some of the nation’s most dangerous murderers, gang rapists, terrorists and paedophiles since September 2001. Nine New’s presenter Peter Overton was granted rare access behind the prison’s sterile world of unclimbable walls and never-ending barbed wires, about 195 kilometres south-west of Sydney.
