Shortland Correctional Centre

Shortland CC is a maxium-security facility for men located on the Cessnock Correctional Complex. The Complex is located in the Hunter Valley, 151 km north-west of Sydney and includes Hunter and Shortland correctional centres.

We inspected Shortland CC for the first time in 2018 as part of the Inspection of Health Services in NSW correctional facilities Report. We then inspected the centre in 2023 as part of the Inspection of Shortland Correctional Centre and Cessnock Correctional Centre report.