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Mary Wade Correctional Centre

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Mary Wade Correctional Centre
StatusOpen
Security classRemand
Capacity94
Opened17 November 2017
Former nameJuniperina Juvenile Justice Centre
Managed byCorrective Services NSW
GovernorPaula Quarrie
Street addressJoseph Street
CityLidcombe
State/provinceNew South Wales
CountryAustralia

Mary Wade Correctional Centre is a maximum-security prison for women[1] in suburban Sydney, Australia, operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the New South Wales state government. The prison houses female inmates on remand. The centre was named for Mary Wade, a convict transported to colonial NSW in 1790.

The site, on Joseph Street in the suburb of Lidcombe, was previously home to the Minda and later Juniperina juvenile detention centres. In 2016, the site was transferred to Corrective Services and converted to a remand prison for women, reducing pressure on the existing Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre.

Mary Wade Correctional Centre has a capacity of 94.

References

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  1. ^ admin. "Mary Wade Correctional Centre". Corrective Services NSW Home. Retrieved 15 March 2023.