Tamworth Correctional Centre, an Australian medium security prison for males, is located in Tamworth, New South Wales, north 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 detains sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for north–western New South Wales. A periodic detention centre for males was opened in March 1997.
History
The first records of correctional facilities being established in Tamworth was on 17 December 1864 when the Police Magistrate at Tamworth was appointed as the Visiting Justice at the Tamworth Gaol. In 1868, a gaoler and sheriff were appointed.
Prior to its opening as an adult male correctional centre in 1991, the facility was variously known as the Tamworth Institution for Boys, and the Tamworth Boys’ Home. Endeavour House was a male juvenile justice centre, that pre–dated the establishment of the Kariong Youth Correctional Centre, which opened in September 1991.
See also
- Punishment in Australia
References
External links
- Tamworth Correctional Centre webpage