History repeats as Dapto residents mobilise against jail plan, again

Kate McIlwain
Updated April 23 2018 - 6:18pm, first published 6:00pm
Driven out of town: A proposal to build a jail in Dapto was big news in 1988 and 1989; in the past two weeks residents have raised many of the same fears about the new plan.
Driven out of town: A proposal to build a jail in Dapto was big news in 1988 and 1989; in the past two weeks residents have raised many of the same fears about the new plan.

It was an idea that sparked fear in the hearts of Dapto residents.

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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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