Parramatta Correctional Centre
Encyclopedia
Parramatta Correctional Centre is a medium security short term Remand
Centre, Transient Centre and Metropolitan Periodic Detention Centre
. It houses unsentenced and sentenced B and C classification male inmate
s, including Drug Court Sanctions and male periodic detainees. It is located 22 km north-west of the Sydney central business district
.
Parramatta Correctional Centre was Australia's oldest serving Correctional Centre. Parramatta Gaol was formally proclaimed on 2 January 1842 with progressive opening of wings up until approximately 1910. It was closed from 1918 to 1922 and again for a short period in 1997/1998. On 9 October 2011 the final inmates were transported to other jails and it is since currently not holding any inmates.
Address
Cnr. Dunlop and New Streets
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Locked Mail Bag 2
North Parramatta NSW 1750
Phone: (02) 9683 0300
Facsimile: (02) 9630 3763
NOTE: no prisoners are currently being held in parramatta CC as of October 2011.
How to get there Public Transport
Train to Parramatta Railway Station and board the route 623 bus to the centre. Alternatively it is a short taxi ride from the station
Visitor Information
Bookings:
Visits must be pre-booked by calling the Visits Booking Line on (02) 9289 5657.
Legal Visits must be pre-booked by faxing a request to (02) 9630 1063.
Visit times:
8:45am, 9:15am, 9:45am, 10:15am, 12:45pm, 1:15pm, 1:45pm, and 2:15pm.
John Frederick "Chow" Hayes, Underworld Figure, Standover Man and Convicted Murderer
Detention of suspects
The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police-cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a somewhat hollow victory, in that there is no way to...
Centre, Transient Centre and Metropolitan Periodic Detention Centre
Periodic Detention Centre
The Symonston Periodic Detention Centre is a minimum security Australian prison located in Symonston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It was formerly the Quamby Children's Remand Centre.-Quamby:...
. It houses unsentenced and sentenced B and C classification male inmate
Incarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in prison, typically as punishment for a crime .People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of...
s, including Drug Court Sanctions and male periodic detainees. It is located 22 km north-west of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...
.
Parramatta Correctional Centre was Australia's oldest serving Correctional Centre. Parramatta Gaol was formally proclaimed on 2 January 1842 with progressive opening of wings up until approximately 1910. It was closed from 1918 to 1922 and again for a short period in 1997/1998. On 9 October 2011 the final inmates were transported to other jails and it is since currently not holding any inmates.
Address
Cnr. Dunlop and New Streets
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Locked Mail Bag 2
North Parramatta NSW 1750
Phone: (02) 9683 0300
Facsimile: (02) 9630 3763
NOTE: no prisoners are currently being held in parramatta CC as of October 2011.
How to get there Public Transport
Train to Parramatta Railway Station and board the route 623 bus to the centre. Alternatively it is a short taxi ride from the station
Visitor Information
Bookings:
Visits must be pre-booked by calling the Visits Booking Line on (02) 9289 5657.
Legal Visits must be pre-booked by faxing a request to (02) 9630 1063.
Visit times:
8:45am, 9:15am, 9:45am, 10:15am, 12:45pm, 1:15pm, 1:45pm, and 2:15pm.
Notable prisoners
- Len LawsonLen LawsonLeonard Keith Lawson , better known as Len Lawson or Lennie Lawson, was a bestselling Australian comic book creator, successful commercial artist and photographer, and a convicted rapist and murderer....
, rapist and murderer - Neddy SmithNeddy SmithArthur 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,...
, life imprisonment for murder
John Frederick "Chow" Hayes, Underworld Figure, Standover Man and Convicted Murderer