Cessnock Correctional Centre

Cessnock Correctional Complex

Location	Cessnock, New South Wales
Coordinates	32°49′01″S151°20′21″E / 32.81694°S 151.33917°E / -32.81694; 151.33917
Status	Operational
Security class	Minimum (with a maximum security area for sex offenders)
Capacity	750
Opened	1972 [1]
Managed by	Corrective Services NSW

Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. It was opened in 1972 under the name Cessnock Training Centre. ^[1] The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW. It detains sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.

Facilities were significantly updated during 2012, including the completion of Australia's first purpose-built maximum security sex offenders unit; built at a cost of $97 million. ^{[2] [3]}

Notable prisoners

• Nathan Baggaley ^[4]  – a former Olympic canoe sprinter, jailed between 2009 and 2011 for dealing ecstasy.
• William MacDonald ^{[ citation needed ]} – English-born Australian serial killer (born Allen Ginsberg, 1924–2015)
• Lenny McPherson (1921–1996) ^[5]  –organised crime figure.
• Harry M Miller ^[6]  – (1934–2018) New Zealand-Australian media agent, promoter and publicist, convicted of fraud.
• Nigel Milsom ^[7]  – Archibald Prize-winning painter, armed robbery.
• Gareth Ward – a former politician who was a councillor for the City of Shoalhaven council and a former MP for the Kiama electoral district on the South Coast, convicted sex offender currently awaiting sentencing.
• Ray Williams ^[8]  –disgraced businessman.

See also

• New South Wales portal

References

1. "Key moments in Penal Culture in NSW 1970 – present". The Australian Prisons Project. University of New South Wales. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
2. "Sex offenders unit at Cessnock gaol". Australia: ABC News. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
3. "A rare look behind the walls of Cessnock Correctional Centre". The Advertiser. Cessnock. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
4. Tabakoff, Nick (12 June 2010). "Steroids bust for jailed Olympian Nathan Baggaley". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
5. "Death & Funeral Notice: Leonard Arthur (Lenny) McPherson, late of Gladesville formerly of Balmain". The Sydney Morning Herald . 31 August 1996.
6. Timeline: The 1980s, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
7. Collins, Ben (17 July 2015). "How Nigel Milsom, who just won the $100,000 Archibald Prize, wound up in prison for robbery". Business Insider . Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
8. Evans, Michael (4 April 2007). "Ray, Rodney brawl on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

• "Cessnock Correctional Centre". Corrective Services NSW. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.