Global InformationYetta Dhinnakkal Centre information
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| Location | Brewarrina, New South Wales |
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| Coordinates | 30°21′03″S 146°53′28″E / 30.350835°S 146.891024°E |
| Status | Closed |
| Security class | Minimum |
| Opened | 2000[1] |
| Managed by | Corrective Services NSW |
Yetta Dhinnakkal Centre, also known as the Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre, Brewarrina Correctional Centre and Brewarrina Prison, and referred to informally as Brewarrina jail, was an Australian minimum security prison for young Indigenous Australian men. It was located in Gongolgon, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Brewarrina, New South Wales. The centre was operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales, until its closure in mid-2020. Many of its inmates were first offenders, and the centre offered various types of educational opportunities, in particular farming skills.[2][3]
Yetta dhinnakkal is a phrase in the Ngemba language meaning "the right pathway".[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SMH2004was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cross, Hannah (15 November 2019). "Successful community prison set to close mid-2020". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Davies, Jessie (19 October 2019). "Brewarrina jail is closing and the community warns it will have a devastating effect". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 June 2021.