Boys Town (juvenile detention centre)

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Boys Town
Location:	Engadine, New South Wales
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Security class:	? (Male)
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Boys Town was an Australian male prison located in Engadine, New South Wales, Australia. Boys Town was used to house juvenile offenders.

[edit] Current

As of 2001, Boys Town is a voluntary service for families at risk of family breakdown, who are committed to improving their relationships. Boys' Town provides intensive life skills, therapeutic and educational services in an out of home care setting, Monday to Friday.

[edit] Notable juvenile prisoners

• Ivan Milat, convicted of the Backpacker murders
• John Travers, convicted ringleader of the Anita Cobby murder.

v • d • e 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 · Hay Gaol · 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 See also: List of Australian prisons

[edit] References

http://www.boystown.net.au/services.htm http://www.bosco.nsw.edu.au/site_htm/info_boystown.html