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Macquarie Correctional Centre
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Background
Macquarie Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males, is located in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 360 kilometres (220 mi) west of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Centre accepts sentenced prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation. The facility is made up of 1400 buildings (primarily single storey) and has three hundred layers of fencing. There is more than 5 km of secure fencing and over 16,000 security cameras.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Corrective Services NSWPopulation held
male
Opened
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Region
New South Wales
Security level
Maximum
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
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Alice Springs Correctional CentreAlice SpringsMaximumMulti-level
- Ravenhall Correctional CentreRavenhallMediumMulti-level
- Shortland Correctional CentreCessnockMixedMulti-level
- Bathurst Correctional CentreBathurstMixedMulti-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 Macquarie
- 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 (Q106432527)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Macquarie Correctional Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/macquarie-correctional-centre
"Macquarie Correctional Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/macquarie-correctional-centre.
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