Prisons in New South Wales

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Prisons in the Australian state of New South Wales are operated around the state for the detention of minimum, medium and maximum security prisoners convicted in state and federal courts.

[edit] History

New South Wales, as the founding cite for English settlement in Australia in 1788, has had prisons for as long as Australia has had stable European settlement. The first Australian colony was founded at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on January 26, 1788, and marked the commencement of many decades of convict arrivals from the United Kingdom.