Junee Correctional Centre
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Junee Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian male prison located at Junee
, 40 km from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
, Australia
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The prison was opened on 19 March 1993. Until the privatisation of Parklea Correctional Centre
, which commenced in October 2009, Junee is one of two privately operated correctional centres in New South Wales.
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Junee was the first prison in Australia to be designed, constructed and managed by the private sector under a single contractual arrangement.
Junee, New South Wales
Junee is a medium sized town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town's prosperity and mixed services economy is based on a combination of agriculture, rail transport, light industry and government services, and in particular correctional services...
, 40 km from Wagga Wagga, 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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The prison was opened on 19 March 1993. Until the privatisation of Parklea Correctional Centre
Parklea Correctional Centre
Parklea Correctional Centre is a privately managed maximum security remand prison for male inmates with a current capacity for 823 inmates. The prison is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is managed by the GEO group Australia. The centre incorporates a minimum security work release...
, which commenced in October 2009, Junee is one of two privately operated correctional centres in New South Wales.
History
Junee was selected as the site for a new prison when the New South Wales State Government called for expressions of interest from local councils in 1988. The prison is managed by the GEO Group AustraliaGEO Group Australia
The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company, responsible for the management of privatised prisons in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Center in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales....
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Junee was the first prison in Australia to be designed, constructed and managed by the private sector under a single contractual arrangement.