Goulburn Correctional Centre

Goulburn Correctional Centre
Main entrance with the gaol buildings designed by the Colonial Architect. James Barnet in 1884
Location:	Goulburn, New South Wales
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 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.

[edit] Notable prisoners

Leslie Camilleri - Bega schoolgirl murderer
Ivan Milat - sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in the Sydney Backpacker murders
George Savvas - wholesale narcotics dealer who escaped from the prison for nine months in 1997
Bilal Skaf - sentenced to 31 years imprisonment for his involvement in the Sydney gang rapes
John Travers - sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Anita Cobby
Sef Gonzales - sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of his parents Teddy and Mary Loiva and younger sister Clodine.
Michael Kanaan - sentenced to life imprisonment for 3 murders in Sydney in 1998
Mark Valera (van Krevel) - sentenced to life without the possibility of parole over the 1998 murders of David O'Hearn and Frank Arkell
Ngo Canh Phuong - sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of John Newman Cabramatta MP

(2001). "Backpacker Killer Ends Hunger 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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See also: List of Australian prisons