Dawn de Loas Correctional Centre Area 1 & 2

Dawn de Loas Correctional Centre is a minimum security correctional centre for males located 21km west of the Sydney central business district; it includes a work release centre.

Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre a maximum security institution for women and the major reception centre for female offenders in NSW.
Metropolitan Remand & Reception Centre (MRRC) a maximum security correctional facility for males.

Address

Holker Street, Silverwater NSW 2128

Postal Address:

Locked Mail Bag 115
Australia Post Business Centre
Silverwater NSW 1811

Phone Number:

(02) 9289 5339 or 9289 5323

Visitor Information

Bookings

Area 1, H Block and Work Release (B Block) visits must be pre-booked by calling the Dawn de Loas visits booking line on (02) 9289 5339 or 9289 5323 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only between 10am & 2pm

Area 2 (C & I BLOCK) visits must be pre-booked by calling the MRRC visits booking line on 9289 5657 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 9am and 4pm.

Visit Times

Area 1

Saturday & Sunday
8.30am-11.30am
12.30pm-3.30pm

Public Holidays
8.30am-11.30am
12.30pm-3.30pm

Area 2 – H Block

Saturday, Sunday & Monday
8.15am
8.30am
8.45am
9.00am
9.15am
12.15pm
12.30pm
12.45pm
1.00pm
1.15pm

Area 2 (C & I Block) and Work Release (B Block)

Saturday & Sunday
8.15am
8.30am
8.45am
9.00am
9.15am
12.15pm
12.30pm
12.45pm
1.00pm
1.15pm

Public Holidays
8.15am
8.30am
8.45am
9.00am
9.15am
12.15pm
12.30pm
12.45pm
1.00pm
1.15pm

Legal Visits

Legal Practitioners may arrange to visit seven days a week by phoning the Centre on (02) 9289 5323 or fax on (02) 9289 5375.

Corrective Services Industries

Engineering

The engineering workshop employs 50 inmates. It specialises in metal fabrication and the manufacture of a wide range of products to customer specification including laundry trolleys.

Food Services

The food services unit employs 75 inmates and provides over 30,000 meals each week. The majority of meals are supplied to Corrective Services NSW correctional centres throughout the State. Meals are prepared under HACCP food safety program accredited conditions to a master menu formulated by a qualified nutritionist.

Education

Accredited courses, with nationally recognised qualifications, are made available to inmates at each correctional centre.

The Adult Education and Vocational Training Institute (AEVTI) provides literacy, numeracy and communications courses in all centres. Many centres also offer vocational courses such as Information Technology, Horticulture, Construction, Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft.

AEVTI contracts TAFE NSW and other providers to deliver courses in a range of vocational areas such as Hospitality, Business Skills, Building, Cleaning, Transport, Aboriginal Studies, Horticulture and various WorkCover licenses.

AEVTI also co-ordinates traineeships and offers support for distance education.

Each centre has a library giving inmates access to a range of fiction, non-fiction and reference books. Inmates can also login to a secure internal network called the Inmate Legal Portal which gives them access to material of a legal nature.

For more information regarding these programs visit the AEVTI WebPage.

Programs & Services

Individual counselling and group programs are provided such as Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD). There are also Welfare, Psychology and Chaplaincy services.

In the Work Release Program (Area 1), offenders may be engaged in jobs in the community as preparation for release from custody.