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==Notable prisoners==
==Notable prisoners==
* [[Nathan Baggaley]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/steroids-bust-for-jailed-olympian-nathan-baggaley/story-e6freuzi-1225878646893 |title=Steroids bust for jailed Olympian Nathan Baggaley |author=Tabakoff, Nick |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |date=12 June 2010 |accessdate=27 August 2012 }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}} a former Olympic [[canoe racing|sprint canoer]], jailed between 2009 and 2011 for dealing [[MDMA|ecstasy]].
* [[Nathan Baggaley]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/steroids-bust-for-jailed-olympian-nathan-baggaley/story-e6freuzi-1225878646893 |title=Steroids bust for jailed Olympian Nathan Baggaley |author=Tabakoff, Nick |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |date=12 June 2010 |accessdate=27 August 2012 }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}} a former Olympic [[canoe racing|sprint canoer]], jailed between 2009 and 2011 for dealing [[MDMA|ecstasy]].
* [[William MacDonald (serial killer)|William MacDonald]]{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}{{spaced ndash}} (1924-2015)
* [[William MacDonald (serial killer)|William MacDonald]]{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}{{spaced ndash}} English-born Australian serial killer (1924-2015)
* [[Lenny McPherson]] (1921-1996) <ref>{{cite news |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 August 1996 |title=Death & Funeral Notice: Leonard Arthur (Lenny) McPherson, late of Gladesville formerly of Balmain }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}organised crime figure.
* [[Lenny McPherson]] (1921-1996) <ref>{{cite news |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 August 1996 |title=Death & Funeral Notice: Leonard Arthur (Lenny) McPherson, late of Gladesville formerly of Balmain }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}organised crime figure.
* [[Harry M. Miller]]<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/archives/timeline/1980s.htm Timeline: The 1980s], [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].</ref>{{spaced ndash}} media agent, promoter and publicist, convicted of [[fraud]].
* [[Harry M. Miller]]<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/archives/timeline/1980s.htm Timeline: The 1980s], [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].</ref>{{spaced ndash}} (1934-2018) New Zealand-Australian media agent, promoter and publicist, convicted of [[fraud]].
* [[Nigel Milsom]]<ref name=Milsom>{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Ben|title=How Nigel Milsom, who just won the $100,000 Archibald Prize, wound up in prison for robbery|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-nigel-milsom-who-just-won-the-100000-archibald-prize-wound-up-in-prison-for-robbery-2015-7|accessdate=18 July 2015|work=Business Insider Australia|date=17 July 2015}}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}[[Archibald Prize]]-winning painter, armed robbery.
* [[Nigel Milsom]]<ref name=Milsom>{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Ben|title=How Nigel Milsom, who just won the $100,000 Archibald Prize, wound up in prison for robbery|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-nigel-milsom-who-just-won-the-100000-archibald-prize-wound-up-in-prison-for-robbery-2015-7|accessdate=18 July 2015|work=Business Insider Australia|date=17 July 2015}}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}[[Archibald Prize]]-winning painter, armed robbery.
* [[Ray Williams (businessman)|Ray Williams]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/cbd/parting-of-the-way-for-lew-coles/2007/04/03/1175366243773.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 |title=Ray, Rodney brawl on |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |author=Evans, Michael |date=4 April 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2012 }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}disgraced businessman.
* [[Ray Williams (businessman)|Ray Williams]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/cbd/parting-of-the-way-for-lew-coles/2007/04/03/1175366243773.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 |title=Ray, Rodney brawl on |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |author=Evans, Michael |date=4 April 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2012 }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}disgraced businessman.

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Cessnock Correctional Centre
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LocationCessnock, New South Wales
Coordinates32°49′01″S 151°20′21″E / 32.81694°S 151.33917°E / -32.81694; 151.33917
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum (with a maximum security area for sex offenders)
Capacity750[1]
Opened1972[2]
Managed byCorrective Services NSW

Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced and unsentenced felons 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 A$97 million.[1][3] The centre serves as the reception prison for the Newcastle and Hunter Region.

Notable prisoners

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sex offenders unit at Cessnock gaol". ABC News. Australia. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Key moments in Penal Culture in NSW 1970 - present". The Australian Prisons Project. The University of New South Wales. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. 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 Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. ^ Evans, Michael (4 April 2007). "Ray, Rodney brawl on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2012.


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