Bathurst Gaol
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 Bathurst Correctional Complex
Location in New South Wales
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| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°25′04″S 149°33′30″E / 33.41778°S 149.55833°ECoordinates: 33°25′04″S 149°33′30″E / 33.41778°S 149.55833°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium / Minimum |
| Capacity | 222 |
| Opened | 7 June 1888 |
| Former name | Bathurst Gaol |
| Managed by | Corrective Services NSW |
| Website | Bathurst Correctional Centre |
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| Cost | A₤102,000 |
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| Material | Sandstone and brick |
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| Architect | |
| Architecture firm | Colonial Architect of New South Wales |
| Official name | Bathurst Correctional Centre |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 00806 |
The Bathurst Correctional Complex, an Australian medium security prison for males, is located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the central business district. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Complex accepts felons charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for Western New South Wales. A minimum-security cellblock, known as X Wing, is located outside the walls of the main part of the gaol. It also detains males on remand: in 2005, over 20% of Australia's prisoners were on remand.
In 2014 it was reported that between seven and ten female offenders were being housed in the Complex each week.
The current structure incorporates a massive, heritage-listed hand-carved sandstone gate and façade that was opened in 1888 based on designs by the colonial architects, James Barnet and Walter Liberty Vernon. The complex came to national prominence during the 1970s due to a series of riots by inmates protesting over living conditions. The complex is listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate and on the New South Wales State Heritage Register since 2 April 1999 as a site of State significance as:
Bathurst Gaol is significant as one of two model prisons designed by the Colonial Architect's Office in the late 1870s and early 1880s; as an indication of advances in penal architecture in the late nineteenth century; for its continued use as a gaol.
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