Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 212.135.1.184 (talk) at 10:46, 22 May 2006. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Long Bay Correctional Complex is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Long Bay comprises five institutions, 4 maximum security and one minimum security. Long Bay was opened in 1911 after the closure of the prison at Darlinghurst.

"Katingal" Facility

dean panter loves to do bobbie wells in every postion and in everyroom in the prison block built in 1975. Dubbed the "electronic zoo" by inmates, "Katingal" was designed for sensory deprivation, with its 40 prison cells having electronically-operated doors, surveillance cameras, and no windows.

"POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! was not escape-proof, however: GAY BOY ALSO KNOW AS "Mad Dog" Cox, an armed robber and hostage-taker, became its only escapee by cutting through the bars on the roof of the exercise yard. "Katingal" operated for just two years before it was closed down over human rights concern, and was finally demolished in early 2006.

Current Divisions

Malabar Special Programs Centre

Malabar Special Programs Centre is a maximum security facility which caters to inmates with a variety of problems. It is the second largest gaol in the state, with a current inmate population around 830. It is a jack-of-all-trades holding remand inmates, medical transients, inmates with short sentences and inmates undertaking programs. It comprises the Special Care Unit, the Alexander Maconochie Unit (violence prevention), Lifestyles Unit (for HIV-positive inmates) which has been unused and empty since 2002, the Kevin Waller Unit for self-harming and suicidal inmates, and a sex offenders program.

Metropolitan Medical Transit Centre/LBH A2

MMTC, aka Long Bay Hospital Area 2 is a maximum security facility, currently being used to hold inmates who have been discharged from Long Bay Hospital or are awaiting medical appointments. Since closure in January 2006 the MSPC now undertakes the role of housing inmates reciving medical treatment.

Industrial Training Centre/ MSPC Area 5/6

Industrial Training Centre is a minimum security facility which holds inmates serving short sentences and those nearing release. This gaol is now under the control of the Metro Special Programs Centre and is known as MSPC Area 5&6. It now contains sex offenders, inmates with Alcohol and other Drug issues and special needs inmates (DD's).

Long Bay Hospital

Long Bay Hospital is a maximum security facility which holds a total of 120 inmate patients in four wards. Jointly administered by the Department of Corrective Services and Justice Health (NSW Department of Health).

Special Purpose Centre

Special Purpose Centre is a maximum security facility which holds inmates requiring special protection.

Notable prisoners

• Rodney Adler, businessman
• Neddy Smith,gangster
• Russell Cox,armed robber
• Ivan Milat, convicted of the Backpacker murders
• Darcy Dugan,armed robber
• René Rivkin (Deceased) , businessman

• 1911 establishments
• Prisons in New South Wales
• Prisons in Sydney