The NSW Government has confirmed Goulburn Correctional Centre will continue to play a critical role in the NSW prison system well into the future.
While visiting the centre today Minister for Corrections Anoulack Chanthivong was briefed on operational changes to the way prison beds are being used at the facility.
The Minister also had an opportunity to see work being done this year on a new 20 bed segregation unit.
While the inmate population is still low following the pandemic, CSNSW is organising operations to house inmates in the most modern facilities available.
Goulburn will continue to operate as a mixed security facility.
There are no job losses associated with these changes and staff are able to continue working at their current complex.
Minister for Corrections Anoulack Chanthivong said:
“This facility has been the heart and soul of the region for more than a century, and that isn’t changing.
“The entire community in Goulburn is right to be proud of the contribution this facility makes to keeping people in NSW safe.
“When I visited last year, I saw firsthand the incredibly tough job staff are doing. It isn’t made any easier when they’re working from outdated facilities built in the 1880s.
“Goulburn continues to house some of the state’s toughest inmates in the supermax facility as well as lower security inmates in other sections of the jail.
“We’ll engage closely with the local community and staff as we continue to build a better justice system, here in Goulburn and across the state.”