Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre

Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre

Entrance to the Silverwater Correctional Complex, which includes the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre
Location	Silverwater, New South Wales
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum (Male)
Capacity	900
Opened	1997
Managed by	Corrective Services NSW

The Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre is an Australian prison located in Silverwater, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Sydney's CBD, Australia. The prison opened in 1997, and has a capacity of 900 inmates. It is the largest single correctional centre in Australia. The majority of inmates are unconvicted or unsentenced.

History

In March, 1999, librarian Lucy Dudko hired a helicopter supposedly to check out the upcoming Olympic site in Sydney. Using a gun, she forced pilot, Tim Joyce, to land within the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre grounds. Waiting was John Killick, who was serving 28 years for armed robberies. He jumped in the helicopter making an escape while being fired on by guards and cheered on by inmates.^[1]

They landed in a park where Killick hijacked a taxi at gunpoint. The two were able to elude authorities for six weeks before being arrested at the Bass Hill Tourist Park.^[1]

Notable prisoners

• Dragan Vasiljković
• Phuong Ngo, convicted of ordering the killing Australian MP John Newman in September, 1994.

See also

• Mulawa Correctional Centre
• Silverwater Correctional Centre

References

1. ^ ^{a b} AAP (9 May 2006). "Mastermind of helicopter jailbreak freed early". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mastermind-of-helicopter-jailbreak-freed-early/2006/05/08/1146940478180.html. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 

External links

• Corrective Services NSW – Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre

Coordinates: 33°49′51.5″S 151°3′27.6″E / 33.830972°S 151.057667°E / -33.830972; 151.057667