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Emu Plains Correctional Centre
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Background
Emu Plains Correctional Centre is an Australian minimum security prison, previously known as Penrith minimum security prison. It is located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, 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 detained sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation. It is temporarily closed.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1914
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Corrective Services NSWPopulation held
Female
Opened
1914
Region
NSW
Security level
Minimum
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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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
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Geoscience Australia â National Correctional Facilities — Geoscience Australia
- Wikidata (Q5374854)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Emu Plains Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/emu-plains-correctional-centre
"Emu Plains Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/emu-plains-correctional-centre.
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