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Long Bay Gaol

Layer
Australian Prisons
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https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/long_bay_prison#ref-uuid=4249a84b-daf6-3c34-332d-1988244fb089
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Latitude
-33.9699
Longitude
151.246
Start Date
1909
End Date
2999

Description

Long Bay was constructed as a replacement for Darlinghurst Gaol. The women's prison opened first in 1909, with the men's prison opening in 1914. The women's prison was vacated in 1970 after the opening of the Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre, and the former Long Bay women's facility was converted to a minimum-security prison for men. In 1975, a supermax prison block was completed at Long Bay, known as Katingal, designed to house terrorists and the most problematic prisoners in the system. The facility became the focus of mostly critical media attention, and was heavily criticised during proceedings of the Nagle Royal Commission into New South Wales prisons, leading to its closure in 1977. Today it is a minimum to maximum-security prison for men with a capacity for 1,200 inmates.

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t98c