Land puzzle provides clues about how West Dapto prison could take shape

Kate McIlwain
Updated June 16 2021 - 11:40pm, first published April 11 2018 - 6:00pm
Jail jigsaw: The massive Kembla Grange land earmarked for a West Dapto prison includes five separate land holdings. Artist: Josh Hall. Click the image for an enlarged version
Jail jigsaw: The massive Kembla Grange land earmarked for a West Dapto prison includes five separate land holdings. Artist: Josh Hall. Click the image for an enlarged version

So far, all we know about the potential minimum and maximum security West Dapto prison is that it will be located somewhere on a giant slab of Kembla Grange land.

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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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