Parklea Correctional Centre

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Parklea Correctional Centre
Location Sydney, New South Wales
Status Operational
Security Level Medium (Male)
Capacity Medium - 312; Work release centre - 92 rooms
Opened November, 1983
Closed
Managed by Department of Corrective Services

Parklea Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison for young male offenders mainly between the ages of 18 and 25. The prison is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The centre also incorporates a low security work release centre for young inmates nearing release.

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The prison was intallially designated as a maximum security prison as a result of a recommendation of the Royal Commission into NSW Prisons (1976 - 1978). Parklea received its first inmates in November, 1983. Prisoners began a riot on December 13, 1987. A second riot occurred on September 23, 1990 over new rules concerning the personal property of prisoners. The prison was reclassified from maximum security to medium security after the riots and was designated as a correctional prison for young offenders in February 1992.

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New South Wales prisons
Boys Town | Bathurst Correctional Complex | Berrima Correctional Centre | Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre | Broken Hill Correctional Centre | Cessnock Correctional Centre | Cooma Correctional Centre | Darlinghurst Gaol | Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre | Emu Plains Correctional Centre | Glen Innes Correctional Centre | Goulburn Correctional Centre | Grafton Correctional Centre | Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre | John Morony Correctional Centre | Junee Correctional Centre | Kirkconnell Correctional Centre | Lithgow Correctional Centre | Long Bay Correctional Centre | Maitland Gaol | Mannus Correctional Centre | Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre | Mulawa Correctional Centre | Oberon Correctional Centre | Parklea Correctional Centre | Parramatta Correctional Centre | Silverwater Correctional Centre | St Heliers Correctional Centre | Tamworth Correctional Centre | Wentworth Gaol

List of Australian prisons