Hunter News 30 August 2021
Cessnock Gaol has been placed into lockdown after it was revealed several prisoners had mixed with inmates at Sydney's Parklea Prison who have since tested positive to Coronavirus.
Hunter News 28 April 2021
A Coronial Inquest will be held into the death of an indigenous man at Cessnock Gaol.
Hunter News 20 July 2017
BY JESSICA ROUSE The Hunter’s police are already overstretched and overworked with a rapidly growing population in Maitland and the...
Hunter News 19 June 2017
BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE Police and corrective services are investigating a brawl at Cessnock Gaol which has left...
Hunter News 4 November 2016
BY GARY-JON LYSAGHT Cessnock Council has described themselves as “bitterly disappointed” after the state government decided not to open any...
Hunter News 16 August 2016
BY BRIDGET GUNN Multiple teachers are set to lose their jobs in the controversial 1,000 bed expansion of Cessnock jail....
Hunter News 25 July 2016
BY BRIDGET GUNN A proposed expansion of Cessnock jail will see the facility double in occupancy to 1800 inmates. The...
Hunter News 10 June 2016
BY IAN CROUCH Two inmates remain in a critical condition and at least one prison guard has been treated for...
