Kirkconnell Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located east of Bathurst, New South Wales.
The Centre is located in the Sunny Corner State Forest and has a fully trained bushfire fighting team comprising both prison staff and inmates.
It was declared a prison under the name "Kirkconnell Afforestation Camp" on 26 November 1958. In September 2011 it was reported that Corrective Services NSW will close the facility in December 2011, as a cost saving measure. All of inmates were relocated to the minimum security wings at Bathurst Correctional Centre and Long Bay. The facility was reopened on 30 July 2015, after a 4 million dollar upgrade.
Notable prisoners
- Rodney Adlerdisgraced businessman
- Roger Rogerson
- Nicole Louise Pearce (birth name Paul Wayne Luckman), convicted murderer
- Eddie Obeid, former NSW labor party politician
See also
- Punishment in Australia