Wellington Correctional Centre

Prison in New South Wales, Australia

32°30′21″S 148°58′54″E / 32.5059028°S 148.9817762°E / -32.5059028; 148.9817762StatusOperationalSecurity classMinimum to maximum
(males and females)Capacity750Opened13 September 2007^[1]Managed byCorrective Services NSW

Wellington Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males and females, is located in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 360 kilometres (220 mi) west of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the NSW Government Department of Communities & Justice. The Centre accepts sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.

The 2021 mouse plague caused the complete evacuation (420 inmates and 200 staff) of the facility in June 2021 as dead mice and damage to infrastructure led to concerns for health and safety of inmates and staff. Female prisoners were moved first, to Bathurst and Broken Hill.^[2]

References

^ Hatzistergos, John MLC (13 September 2007). "New 600 bed Wellington Jail officially open" (PDF) (Press release). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ Gregory, Xanthe; Lowther, Nick (22 June 2021). "Mice plague 'invades' Wellington prison, forcing hundreds of prisoners and staff to evacuate". ABC Central West. ABC News. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

Wellington Correctional Centre website

Places of detention in New South Wales

State facilities

Adults	Bathurst Berrima Clarence Compulsory Drug Treatment Brewarrina Broken Hill Cessnock Cooma Dawn de Loas Shortland Dillwynia Emu Plains Forensic Hospital Glen Innes Goulburn Hunter Illawarra Ivanhoe John Morony Junee Kirkconnell Lithgow Long Bay Macquarie Mary Wade Mannus Mid North Coast Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre Oberon Outer Metropolitan Parklea Silverwater Women's St Heliers Tabulam Tamworth Wellington
Juveniles	Acmena Cobham Frank Baxter Kariong Orana Reiby Riverina

Adults