Lithgow Correctional Centre is a maximum security Australian prison located on the Great Western Highway

Great Western Highway

The Great Western Highway is a highway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs 210 km from Sydney to Bathurst.Starting as Broadway at the intersection of City Road near the fringe of the Sydney CBD, and becoming Parramatta Road to Parramatta itself, the Great Western Highway heads due west from...

 at Marrangaroo

Marrangaroo, New South Wales

Marrangaroo is a small town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Lithgow.- Overview :Marrangaroo is located a few kilometres or 5 minutes west of Lithgow. It is accessible from the Great Western Highway, and has no rail station and little bus services...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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Jones Bros Bus Company

Jones Bros Bus Company

Jones Bros Bus Company is a bus company that operates in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia.-Bathurst Services:Jones Bros Bus Company has seven routes, plus three Macquarie Mover Shuttles that operate in and around Bathurst...

 run buses along the Great Western Highway from Lithgow

Lithgow, New South Wales

Lithgow is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of the local political division City of Lithgow. It is located in a mountain valley named Lithgow's Valley by John Oxley in honour of William Lithgow, the first Auditor-General of New South Wales.Lithgow is...

 to Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

, some of which stop near Lithgow Correctional Centre. There are other special bus services that run directly to the centre. There is parking for visitors, and signs direct vehicles to the centre from the Great Western Highway.

Visitors to Lithgow Correctional Centre require bookings to see inmates, which can only be made on weekdays. Strict restrictions apply to all visitors.

Notable prisoners

• John Wayne Glover
  John Wayne Glover
  John Wayne Glover was a British-born Australian serial killer convicted for the murders of six elderly women on Sydney's North Shore....
  
  
• Keith Schreiber
• Neddy Smith
  Neddy Smith
  Arthur Stanley "Neddy" Smith is an Australian criminal who has been convicted of rape, armed robbery and murder.Smith has been serving a life sentence since 1989 and is presently imprisoned in Long Bay Correctional Centre after being moved from Lithgow Correctional Centre in New South Wales,...
  
  
• Milton Orkopoulos
  Milton Orkopoulos
  Milton Orkopoulos is a former Australian Labor Party politician, and convicted criminal. A member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1999, Orkopoulos was appointed Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship in August 2005.In November 2006, New...
  
  , disgraced former politician convicted of child sex charges.

External links

• Corrective Services NSW - Lithgow Official Website (listing address as PO Box 666)