Cessnock jail expansion: rapid-build the new approach for prisons as state tackles overcrowding

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Updated November 10 2017 - 7:10am, first published November 9 2017 - 9:52pm
IN CHARGE: Governor Richard Heycock at Cessnock jail as it undergoes a massive expansion. Picture: Marina Neil
IN CHARGE: Governor Richard Heycock at Cessnock jail as it undergoes a massive expansion. Picture: Marina Neil

THERE are no cells. Inmates have an interactive TV. Correctional officers are encouraged to be “pro-social” with crooks. And prisoners will go through a rigorous application process for the dubious privilege of being locked up here.

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Brodie Owen is a police reporter for the Newcastle Herald.

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