History
Prior to 2008, correctional services for felons convicted in the Territory under ACT or Commonwealth legislation were managed by Corrective Services NSW on behalf of the Territory and/or Commonwealth governments. In 2004, in spite of localised opposition, a decision was made to locate the new prison, a first for the ACT, in Hume. The Centre was officially opened with a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony on 11 September 2008 by the Chief Minister of the ACT, Jon Stanhope. and constructed at a cost of A$130 million. The first prisoners were accepted on 30 March 2009.
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