Parramatta Correctional Centre
The Parramatta Correctional Centre is a heritage-listed former medium security prison for males on the corner of O'Connell and Dunlop Streets, North Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was in operation between 1798 and 2011. The centre was initially called Parramatta Gaol until its name was changed to Parramatta Correctional Centre in 1992. When in operation, the centre was managed by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. Immediately prior to its closure, the centre detained short term sentenced and remand inmates, operated as a transient centre, and was the periodic detention centre for metropolitan Sydney.
Parramatta Correctional Centre
A prison guard on lookout in the watchtower at Parramatta Gaol
North Parramatta is a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Parramatta is 24 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta.
Masonry arch wall at Lake Parramatta