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Broken Hill Correctional Centre
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Background
Broken Hill Correctional Centre, formerly Broken Hill Gaol, is an Australian minimum and medium security prison for men and women located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, around 1,190 km (740 mi) from Sydney.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1892
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Corrective Services NSWPopulation held
male
Opened
1892
Region
NSW
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
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Geoscience Australia Correctional Facilities dataset
- 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
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q4973404)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Broken Hill Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/broken-hill-correctional-centre
"Broken Hill Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/broken-hill-correctional-centre.
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title = {Broken Hill Correctional Centre},
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