 Main entrance with the jail buildings designed by the Colonial Architect. James Barnet in 1884 |
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| Location | Goulburn, New South Wales |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum/Minimum (Male) |
| Managed by | New South Wales Department of Corrective Services |
Coordinates: 34°44′29″S 149°44′26″E / 34.74139°S 149.74056°E The Goulburn Correctional Centre is an Australian maximum security male prison located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. The prison is the most secure prison in Australia, its High Risk Management Unit (HRMU), opened in September 2001, conforming to US Supermax-like standard.
Notable prisoners
- Leslie Camilleri - sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment plus 155 years without the possibility of parole for the Bega schoolgirl murders
- Ivan Milat - sentenced to 7 consecutive terms of life imprisonment plus 18 years without the possibility of parole for the Sydney Backpacker murders
- George Savvas - wholesale narcotics dealer who escaped from the prison for nine months in 1997 (deceased)
- Bilal Skaf - sentenced to 38 years imprisonment (32 year non-parole period) for his involvement in the Sydney gang rapes
- John Travers - sentenced to life imprisonment plus 53 years without the possibility of parole for the murder of Anita Cobby
- Sef Gonzales - sentenced to 3 consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murders of his parents, Teddy and Mary Loiva, and younger sister Clodine.
- Michael Kanaan - sentenced to 3 consecutive terms of life imprisonment plus 50 years 4 months without the possibility of parole for 3 murders in Sydney in 1998
- Mark Valera (van Krevel) - sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole over the 1998 murders of David O'Hearn and Frank Arkell
- Ngo Canh Phuong - sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the assassination of Cabramatta MP John Newman
References
- (2001). "Backpacker Killer ends Food Strike." Sydney Morning Herald. July 16.
- Cronin, Michelle (2001). "Goulburn jail a hell-hole, says activist." Canberra Times. March 17.
- ---- (2001). "Australia's 'most secure' prison to open at Goulburn today." Canberra Times. June 1.
- (2007). "Gang Rapist Bashed in Prison." Canberra Times. February 10.
- (1997). "George back in jail after two minutes in court." Daily Telegraph (Sydney). March 22.
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