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Legal and medical visitors
COVID-Safe measures apply to all legal and professional visits. Ensure you know the rules before you make a booking.
All legal and professional visits must be pre-booked.
You will be screened prior to entry, including a temperature check and visit times are capped at 30 minutes.
Medical specialists
Under certain circumstances, inmates may be visited by a medical specialist of their own choice rather than by those contracted to Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network.
In such cases, the visiting professional should contact the Manager of Security at the facility where the inmate is located in the first instance.
Private Medical Professionals
Private Legal professionals
This webpage and the links below are designed to provide the legal profession with information to facilitate legal visits with their clients in custody.
- Offender Housing Location phone number
- Find a correctional centre
- Custodial Operations Policy and Procedures (COPP)
- Video Conferencing and JUST Connect
- Request for Professional Appointment with Inmate or Detainee Form (DOCX, 296.3 KB)
The information presented below represents the core visiting times for NSW correctional centres. Owing to resource implications, legal visits at most correctional centres are by way of appointment. Legal representatives intending to visit should schedule a booking via JUST Connect or contact the correctional centre as per the booking information to either notify or make an appointment where necessary.
Bathurst |
10am - 3pm |
Monday to Friday |
Request must be sent by Fax 48 hours prior to visit. |
Broken Hill |
8.30am - 12pm 1pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings not required. Call 08 8082 6000 15 minutes prior to arrival |
Cessnock |
8.30am - 11.30am 1pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Fax letter to GM on 02 4991 2253 |
Clarence |
8.30am- 3.30pm |
Monday to Friday |
Please notify the centre 24 hours prior to your visit:
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Compulsory Drug Treatment (CDTCC) |
9am-3pm |
Monday to Friday |
Notification of intention to visit must be made by telephoning the Centre on (02) 9678 4133 or in writing to the Director. |
Cooma |
9am - 12pm 1pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Call 02 6455 0333 |
Dawn De Loas - Silverwater |
8.30am - 11.30am 12.30pm - 3.00pm |
7 days per week |
Bookings required. Fax requests a minimum of 24 hours in advance to (02) 9289 5769, Mondays to Fridays. |
Dillwynia |
9am - 11.30am 1.30pm - 3.30pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Fax letter to GM on 02 4582 2532 |
Emu Plains |
8.30am - 12pm 1pm - 4pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Call 02 4735 0200 or fax letter to GM on 02 4735 5925 |
Geoffrey Pearce |
9am - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Fax a letter to the centre to 02 4582 2349 requesting approval for proposed legal visit and include a return fax number so the centre can fax an approval/confirmation letter back. |
Glen Innes |
8.30am - 4pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings not required. |
Goulburn |
9.30am - 11.30am and 12.30am - 2.30pm |
Monday to Friday |
Please book your visit 24 Hours in advance by contacting the Goulburn Correctional Centre. |
Hunter |
8am - 11am and 1pm - 3pm |
Legal visits can be booked online by the legal firm with JustConnect otherwise the legal firm must apply by application form and send to HunterCCAdmin@justice.nsw.gov.au at least 24 hours before your visit. We recommend that legal representatives contact the complex on the morning of their proposed visit to confirm the appointment. |
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HRMCC (Goulburn) |
9.30am - 11.30am and 12.30am - 2.30pm |
Wednesday to Friday |
48 hours prior notice is required for legal visits to HRMCC. Written notification of the intention to visit signed by a practicing solicitor (with signature block identifying solicitor) must be faxed to the HRMCC on (02) 4827 2430. Phone enquiries can be made on (02) 4827 2424. |
John Morony (weekdays) |
8.30am - 10.30am 1pm - 3pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required. Fax letter to GM on 02 4582 2261 48 hrs prior to visit |
John Morony (weekends, public holidays) |
8.30 am- 11am 12.30pm - 3pm |
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays |
Bookings required. Fax letter to GM on 02 4582 2261 48 hrs prior to visit |
Junee |
8am - 11.30am 1pm - 4pm |
Monday to Friday (except Wednesday afternoon) |
Bookings required. Call 02 6924 3222 or Fax 02 6924 4813 with request |
Lithgow |
10.30am - 2.45pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required. Fax letter to GM on 02 6350 2288 |
Long Bay Hospital |
9am - 11.15am 12.30pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Booking not required. However, courtesy letter outlining reasons and date of visit required. |
Kirkconnell |
10am - 3pm |
Monday to Wednesday |
Bookings are required. Please provide at least 48 hours' notice of your intention to visit by faxing a request on a letterhead to (02) 6329 5550 or (02) 6329 5555. Please note that there are no AVL facilities at Kirkconnell. |
Mannus (Tumbarumba) |
10am - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Booking not required. However, courtesy letter outlining reasons and date of visit required. |
Mary Wade |
08.30am - 12pm 12.30pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Please notify the Manager of Security of your intention to visit by faxing 02 8737 5814. AVL Contact Number: (02) 8737 5054 and (02) 8737 5055 |
Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre |
8.30am - 11.30am 12.30pm - 6pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required. |
Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre |
8.30am - 11.30am 12.30pm - 3pm |
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays |
Bookings required. |
Mid North Coast |
9am - 3pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required. Fax letter to GM on 02 6560 2733 48 hrs prior to visit |
Oberon |
8am - 4pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required. Call 02 6335 5248 or fax letter to 02 6335 5220 |
Macquarie |
9am - 2.30pm |
Monday to Friday |
Please notify the centre 24 hours prior to your visit:
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Metropolitan Special Programs Centre Area 1 (Long Bay) |
8am - 11:30am 12pm - 2:20pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Phone (02) 9289 2373 Fax (02) 9289 2294 |
Metropolitan Special Programs Centre Area 2 (Long Bay) |
9am - 4pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Phone (02) 9289 2373 Fax (02) 9289 2294 |
Metropolitan Special Programs Centre Area 3 (Long Bay) |
9am - 4pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Phone (02) 9289 2373 Fax (02) 9289 2294 |
Parklea |
9am - 11am 12pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings: 02 9678 4888 Email for Site Visit: legalvisits.parklea@mtcbroadspectrum.com Email for Teleconference: parkleaavl@mtcbroadspectrum.com |
Shortland |
9am - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Notification of intention to visit must be made by emailing a letter of appointment to shortlandccadmin@justice.nsw.gov.au, 24-hours before visiting. It is recommended that for legal visits, the representative contact the complex on the morning of the proposed visit to ensure the centre is still able to facilitate the legal visit and ensure their client is still housed at the facility. |
Silverwater Women's |
8.30am - 12pm 1.30pm - 3pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings not required |
South Coast |
9am - 2pm |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
Legal practitioners must provide notice of their intention to visit by emailing their request to the Manager of Security via sccc_legal@dcj.nsw.gov.au at least 48 hours before their visit. All requests must be on a company letterhead. On arrival to the centre please present your:
For legal or professional visits via phone or AVL please email vcsouthcoastcc@dcj.nsw.gov.au. |
Special Purpose Centre (Long Bay) |
8am - 11am 12pm - 2.30pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Call 02 9289 2821 or fax 02 9289 2108 |
St Heliers |
8am - 4pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required. Please call 02 6542 4300 or email stheliersccadmin@justice.nsw.gov.au for more information |
Tamworth |
9am - 3pm |
Monday to Friday |
Bookings required via VSSR. Call 02 6766 4977 or fax 02 6766 4851 for information |
Wellington |
10am - 2pm |
Monday to Sunday |
Bookings required. Request must be sent to GM 24 hours prior to visit. Call 02 6840 2800 or fax 02 6840 2900 |
Last updated:
15 Aug 2023
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