Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre
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Background
The Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre is a heritage-listed former juvenile detention centre, now a parkland and redevelopment precinct known as Mount Penang Parklands. It is situated on the Pacific Highway at Somersby, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Nangle and built from 1912 by the New South Wales Public Works Department. It was also known as The Farm Home for Boys, Girrakool and Kariong Juvenile Detention Centre. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register in September 2003.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1912
Closed 1934
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Youth Justice NSWPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1912
Region
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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
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Data completeness
32%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q58201413)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-penang-juvenile-justice-centre
"Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-penang-juvenile-justice-centre.
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