Long Bay Correctional Centre
A watchtower on the correctional centre north-western perimeter wall
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| Location | Malabar, New South Wales |
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| Coordinates | 33°58′10″S 151°14′45″W / 33.96944°S 151.24583°WCoordinates: 33°58′10″S 151°14′45″W / 33.96944°S 151.24583°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum, minimum (males and females) |
| Capacity | As of 2016[update], 1,200 inmates:
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| Managed by | Corrective Services NSW |
| Street address | Anzac Parade |
| City | Malabar |
| State | New South Wales |
| Postal code | 2035 |
| Country | Australia |
The Long Bay Correctional Complex, officially known as Her Majesty's Australian Prison Long Bay, and commonly called just Long Bay for short, is an Australian maximum and minimum security prison for males and females, is located at Malabar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The complex is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the Sydney CBD and is contained with a 32-hectare (79-acre) site. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, a department administered by the Government of New South Wales.
The Complex accepts sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and comprises three separate facilities including the Long Bay Hospital (a maximum security institution for medical and psychiatric cases); the Metropolitan Special Programs Centre (a maximum/minimum security institution); and the Special Purpose Centre (a maximum security institution for inmates requiring special protection).
On 6 May 2016 the NSW Government announced that the Long Bay Correctional Complex will close when a new correctional facility opens, expected to be built in Wollondilly Shire.
Long Bay was opened due to the imminent closure of Darlinghurst Gaol. The State Reformatory for Women was opened in 1909 and the State Penitentiary for Men was opened beside it in 1914.Gallows were in operation at the Complex from 1917 to 1939. The reformatory became part of the prison in the late 1950s, known as the Long Bay Penitentiary. After the Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre (formerly known as Mulawa) was opened in 1970, the women's prison was vacated and converted into a medium security prison for men.
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