Australia · New South Wales · Bathurst
Bathurst Correctional Centre
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Background
Bathurst Correctional Centre, originally built as Bathurst Gaol in 1888, is a prison for men and women located in the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, and operated by the Department of Communities and Justice. Bathurst holds inmates sentenced under State or Australian criminal law, along with a small number of remand prisoners. The prison is made up of three sections: a medium-security and remand facility for male inmates, a minimum-security facility for male inmates, and a new maximum-security facility for male inmates, opened in 2020. A small number of female inmates are housed within a separate compound on the grounds of the medium-security area.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2020
Closed 1889
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Corrective Services NSWPopulation held
male
Opened
2020
Region
New South Wales
Security level
Mixed
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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- Alice Springs Correctional CentreAlice SpringsMaximumMulti-level
- Barwon PrisonLara, VictoriaMaximumState maximum-security93% occupancy
- Long Bay Correctional ComplexMalabar, SydneyMixedState complex98% occupancy
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CSNSW â Bathurst
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies â Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- Wikidata (Q4869108)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Bathurst Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bathurst-correctional-centre
"Bathurst Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bathurst-correctional-centre.
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