34-491: The Security Operations Group (SOG) is a unit of elite corrections officers of Corrective Services NSW , Australia formerly known as the Hostage Response Group (HRG). The Security Operations Group is responsible for responding to emergencies such as hostage situations, escapes, riots, barricaded cells and trains other officers to respond to potential security threats. In 2012-13, the Hostage Response Group
68-402: A new gaol was built to Barnet's designs. The old gaol was demolished in 1889. The gaol was proclaimed on 7 June 1888, and built at a cost of just over 102,000 pounds. The hand-carved sandstone gate at the new gaol featured an ornate sculptured lion's head holding a key that is a Victorian symbol designed to impress wrongdoers with the immense power and dignity of the law. Legend has it that when
102-613: A new maximum-security facility for male inmates, opened in 2020. A small number of female inmates are housed within a separate compound on the grounds of the medium-security area. Correction facilities were first established in the Bathurst town centre in circa 1830, as the Bathurst Gaol, adjacent to the Bathurst Court House, also designed by Barnet. As sanitary conditions at the town watch house deteriorated,
136-618: A separate agency and Graham's title changed to Commissioner. As part of a broader consolidation of government departments in 2009, the Department of Corrective Services was merged with the departments of the Attorney-General and Juvenile Justice in 2009. Corrective Services New South Wales became a division of what is now known as the Department of Justice, with Woodham retaining his role as Commissioner. Liberal Attorney-General Greg Smith replaced Woodham with Peter Severin,
170-513: A series of violent disturbances and reprisals that occurred at the gaol in October 1970 and February 1974. The second outbreak of violence led to the partial destruction and temporary closure of the prison, and ultimately to a Royal Commission into the State's prison system . The 1980 film Stir is loosely based on the 1974 riots at the prison. Between 1992 and 1993, the name of Bathurst Gaol
204-633: A surge of convicts arrived in Sydney after the Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815. Convicts worked for pay and, where good behaviour was demonstrated, could be assigned to masters. Chain gangs operated from 1826 up until transportation ended in 1840. In the colony's early years, prisons and executions were managed first by the provost marshal , a military officer, and then, from 1824, by the sheriff . The colony established its first Department of Prisons in 1874, with Sheriff Harold Maclean appointed as
238-701: A target to reduce adult prison inmate reoffending by 5 per cent by 2023. The prisoner population of NSW is estimated to rise to by 550 inmates a year to 16,402 within five years. In response to prisoner number growth, Corrective Services NSW launched a $ 3.8 billion program for building new prison capacity in 2016. The Incident Response Team (IRT) is the Riot Squad of Corrective Services NSW. IRT officers are equipped with ballistic vests, helmets with visors, arm and leg guards, capsicum spray , an ASP baton , and flex-cuffs . The grenade launchers issued can fire CS gas or baton rounds. The Security Operations Group (SOG)
272-406: Is $ 188. In terms of performance indicators, in 2018 Corrective Services NSW prisons were below average for Australian states and territories for recidivism (51% at two years), assaults (25 per 100 prisoners), deaths in custody (0.07/100 prisoners), participation in education and training (22%), time out of cells (8 hours/day) and prison capacity utilisation (129%). In 2019, Corrective Services set
306-489: Is a prison for men and women located in the city of Bathurst , New South Wales , Australia , and operated by the Department of Communities and Justice . Bathurst holds inmates sentenced under State or Australian criminal law, along with a small number of remand prisoners. The prison is made up of three sections: a medium-security and remand facility for male inmates, a minimum-security facility for male inmates, and
340-576: Is an independent executive agency, headed by Acting Commissioner Leon Taylor, who reports directly to the Minister for Corrections , Anoulack Chanthivong . Corrective Services NSW is further divided into three branches, each headed by a deputy commissioner: CSNSW was formally a division of the Department of Communities and Justice , under which the Commissioner would report to the Secretary of
374-840: Is the SIG MCX assault rifle. The Heckler and Koch UMP submachinegun is utilized, with the Glock 22 as a sidearm. Following the Astill Inquiry , formed to inquire into the offending of former correctional officer Wayne Astill at the Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre , which exposed systemic culture and organisational issues within Corrective Services New South Wales, the Labor Premier Chris Minns announced that
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#1732794331646408-764: Is the Corrective Services NSW tactical group. They were formed as the "Emergency Squad," named after the NSW Police Emergency Squad. Long Bay Gaol Emergency Squad were active in riot control at the facility. The group was then renamed the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) in 2009. HRT did not have riot control responsibilities. HRT's roles were limited hostage rescue until the NSW Police Force Tactical Operations Unit arrived. The team
442-526: The Department, who in turn reported to the Minister. CSNSW does not administer youth detention centres, which continue to be administered by Youth Justice NSW, as a division of the Department of Communities and Justice. (Formerly John Morony Correctional Complex) NSW established gaols in Berrima (1836), Cockatoo Island (1839), Darlinghurst (1841), Parramatta (1842), Maitland (1848), and (site of
476-728: The European settlement of the Colony of New South Wales in 1788, establishing a penal colony at what is now Sydney . The incentive to establishment the colony came from the conclusion (1783) of the American War of Independence , which forced Britain to find ways of dealing with criminals other than transporting them to North America. The initial settlement at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson involved housing convicts in tents, guarded by marines . Further convict shipments followed, and
510-467: The chapel forecourt was the totally separated female compound. On the other side was the male hospital. Bathurst and Goulburn gaols were almost identical in plan. Goulburn however remains more intact. Bathurst Gaol is significant as one of two model prisons designed by the Colonial Architect's Office in the late 1870s and early 1880s; as an indication of advances in penal architecture in
544-772: The community. The agency head office is located in the City of Sydney . CSNSW's operations are governed by a number of State laws, chief among them the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999. Other relevant laws include the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), Crimes Act 1900 No 40 (NSW), Crimes (Interstate Transfer of Community Based Sentences) Act 2004 (NSW), Protected Disclosures Act 1994 No 92 (NSW), Summary Offences Act 1988 No 25 (NSW), Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 No 104 (NSW), and Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983 No 190 (NSW). CSNSW
578-796: The current Four Seasons hotel located) in The Rocks and later in Goulburn (1884), Bathurst (1888), Broken Hill Correctional Centre (1892) in the state's far west, Long Bay (1909) as the State Reformatory for Women, and Emu Plains (1914). In more recent years, correctional centres (as they are now known) have opened at Parklea (1983), Cessnock , Junee (1993), Lithgow , Silverwater (1997), Brewarrina (2000), John Morony Correctional Centre and Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre in north-west Sydney, Kempsey (2004), Wellington (2007), and Nowra (2010). Great Britain started
612-645: The deployment of all the Security Operations Group. The Security Operations Group consists of the following: Corrective Services NSW Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) is an executive agency of the Government of New South Wales , Australia . CSNSW is responsible for the state's prisons and a range of programs for managing offenders in the community. The state has 36 prisons, 33 run by CSNSW and three privately operated. The agency traces its origins back to 1788, when New South Wales
646-537: The first Comptroller-General. The Department changed its name to 'Corrective Services' in 1970, and McGeechan's title changed to Commissioner. Eight years later, the Wran Government accepted the Royal Commission's recommendation that the post of commissioner be abolished in favour of a three-person Corrective Services Commission. The Government appointed academic Tony Vinson as the chairman of
680-414: The gaol caused much damage to the main buildings. The gaol generally accommodated prisoners where they "were deemed amenable to reformative influences" up until 1970 where the gaol was reclassified as a maximum security prison. The gaol was the site for several executions by the gallows , with a drop to 14 feet (4.3 m) compared to the customary English 3–4 feet (0.91–1.22 m). The hangings at
714-406: The gaol then catered for the "previously convicted but hopeful cases". During WW1, rural industries such as dairy, pig-raising, market gardening, hay and fodder production were established. During WW2, the gaol was used as an internment camp for some 200 German and other "enemy aliens". In 1957–62, a new cell block was built outside the gaol's wall with accommodation for 94 prisoners. In 1974, riots at
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#1732794331646748-461: The head of South Australia 's prison service, in 2012. The NSW prison population has doubled in the last two decades, from 7810 inmates in 1998 to 13,722 in 2018. Females account for 8% (1040) of the prisoner population in NSW and 24.7% (3300) of inmates are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The annual expenditure on prisons in NSW in 2018 was $ 1.16 billion, and the average cost per prisoner per day
782-504: The key falls from the lion's mouth, the prisoner are allowed to go free. The new building which contained 308 cells and "commodious workshops" was complete and partly occupied in 1888. This was one of a number of gaols rebuilt or enlarged in this period, the purpose of which was to commence the program of 'restricted association' of prison inmates. The Governor of the Bathurst gaol reported on restricted association as follows: "The restricted treatment for male prisoners has been in vogue for
816-679: The late nineteenth century; for its continued use as a gaol. Bathurst Correctional Complex was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Inmates at the Centre may be employed in Corrective Service Industries (CSI) food services, the commercial laundry, technology/packaging and packaging business units. Inmates can also do general ground, horticulture, cleaning and building maintenance work on and outside
850-588: The new Corrective Services Commission. Vinson implemented many of the Royal Commission recommendations, but by 1981 found himself in conflict with the officers' union, the Public Service Association. The Government backed the union in the dispute, and Vinson retired to academia. The tenure of his replacement, Vern Dalton, was memorable for a corruption scandal that saw the Minister for Corrections, Rex Jackson , sentenced to 10 years' gaol for corruption. Labor, tarnished by this and other scandals,
884-531: The old or new gaols included: By December 1894, executioner Bull had been replaced by Howard and his assistant Goldrick, who undertook the second hanging in the new gaol. The last executions were of Sydney Twelve members Frank Franz and Roland Nicholas Kennedy on Wednesday 20 December 1916 for the murder of a police constable. The death penalty for all offences in New South Wales was removed in 1985. The Bathurst riots and Bathurst batterings were
918-563: The past seventeen months, and has worked in every way satisfactorily. The prisoners are more obedient, and there is a marked improvement in the discipline; several of them have on many occasions told me that they would not desire to return to the old system. On the 11th December, the new treatment was introduced into the female division, under the supervision of the Comptroller-General for Prisons everything passed off satisfactorily, and ever since has worked well. A few days afterward
952-516: The service would be split from the Department of Communities and Justice and become its own executive agency, responsible directly to the Minister for Corrections . The Premier's decision was motivated by desires to create a more "accountable and transparent system". The Premier stated that the move would bring CSNSW in line with frontline agencies such as Fire and Rescue New South Wales . Bathurst Correctional Complex Bathurst Correctional Centre , originally built as Bathurst Gaol in 1888,
986-439: The whole of the prisoners, by yards (when mustered for dinner) desired me to thank the Comptroller-General for his kindness in placing them under the treatment, stating that they were grateful for the concessions allowed to them in the way of reading and light at night." Marble cutting and polishing provided works for the prisoners between 1893 and 1925. The gaol accommodated the tougher and more experienced prisoners until 1914 when
1020-671: Was amalgamated with the State Emergency Unit, K9 units and the Tactical Training Unit to form the Security Operations Group. The Security Operations Group has officers responsible for searches to eliminate contraband from prisons from the amalgamation of the State Emergency Unit and K9 units. In the event of a prison riot, Immediate Action Teams of three or four officers respond and the regional Security Operations Group officers are available together with K9 units for major disturbances and in worst-case scenarios
1054-399: Was changed to Bathurst Correctional Centre. Bathurst Gaol is composed of a square compound with a gatehouse and two watch towers located at the far corners. The Governor and Deputy Governors Residences are located outside the main compound walls. Internally the (now demolished) chapel formed the focus of the gaol. Four cell ranges and the cookhouse radiated out from the chapel. On one side of
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1088-593: Was founded as a penal colony . The services provided include correctional centre custody of remand and sentenced inmates, parole, pre-sentence reports and advice to courts and releasing authorities, community service orders and other forms of community-based offender supervision. Offenders in custody and those supervised in the community are assessed for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of re-offending. Corrective Services NSW works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies in regard to inmates in custody and offenders in
1122-527: Was renamed the Security Operations Group (SOG) The Group's responsibilities include armed escorts of high risk inmates, armed patrols of high security facilities, and responding to armed inmates. SOG are trained to rescue hostages if necessary, although procedure is to cordon and contain for the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit. SOG operators escort high risk inmates in unmarked, armoured four wheel drives. The main rifle used
1156-604: Was swept from office in 1988: the Liberal–Nationals coalition that replaced them campaigned on a 'tough on crime' platform. Dalton was moved to a different department and the Corrective Services Commission was abolished in favour of a single director-general on 9 August 1988. The first director-general was former police officer Angus Graham. In October 1991 the department was restructured, with its juvenile justice responsibilities being transferred to
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