- Street address:
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Cessnock Correctional Centre
off Lindsay St
Cessnock NSW 2325 - Postal address:
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PO Box 173
Cessnock 2325 - Phone:
- (02) 4993 2215
- Fax:
- (02) 4990 2315
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Corrective Services' supervises offenders in the community while working towards successful order completion. It promotes offenders' successful re-settlement through partnerships with other agencies and community groups.
Community Corrections aims to reduce the impact of crime on the community by effectively managing offenders and by being a decisive influence on sentencing.
It provides pre and post-sentence assessments and advice to courts and releasing authorities as well as a range of community-based interventions which take account of community protection, compliance by offenders with Court Orders, restitution to the community, and the personal and developmental needs of offenders in addressing their offending behaviour.