Cooma Correctional Centre

Background

Cooma Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to medium prison for males, is located in Cooma, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation. In 1957 up to 1984, Cooma operated as the world's only prison specifically for detaining men convicted of homosexual offences - as well as experiments done on gay men. In March 2025, it was officially added to the NSW Heritage Registry.

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World Prisons. (2026). Cooma Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cooma-correctional-centre

"Cooma Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cooma-correctional-centre.

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Cooma Correctional Centre},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cooma-correctional-centre},
  urldate = {2026-10-25}
}