Why a Kembla Grange prison was ruled out 12 years ago

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 22 2018 - 8:58pm, first published April 10 2018 - 5:00pm
Nowra won the 2005 bid.
Nowra won the 2005 bid.

The NSW Government’s announcement that land in Kembla Grange could become home to a maximum security prison has taken many by surprise, but it is not the first time the suburb has been earmarked as a jail site.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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