Junee Correctional Centre, an Australian medium and minimum security prison for males, is located at Junee, New South Wales, 450 kilometres (280 mi) south-west of Sydney and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Wagga Wagga. The first privately run correctional centre in NSW, Junee Correctional Centre opened on 19 March 1993 following an expression of interest process initiated by the Government of New South Wales.
The contract for operation of the Centre was initially let to Australasian Correctional Management Pty Ltd, now known as the GEO Group Australia Pty Limited, an Australian subsidiary of The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO). The GEO Group operates the Centre under licence and is subject to a management agreement between the Commissioner for Corrective Services and the GEO Group. The Commissioner for Corrective Services is the leading executive of Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales.
The Centre accepts felons charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for southern New South Wales and the Riverina. All inmates are held in individual cells, with certain cells equipped to accommodate inmates in accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
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