The rehabilitation of offenders took a big step forward this week with the opening of a new gaol in the Shoalhaven. This $ 155 million facility will have 611 beds for prisoners, including 62 for women. A " mixed gaol " offers a kinder, more sociable type of detention option.
It seems that this project was achieved " on budget and on time ", and it will deliver 220 jobs to the region.
The new gaol will primarily house offenders from Helensburgh in the north to the Victorian border, and inland to the Hume Highway. As a result, prison visits will be a lot easier for the families of offenders, and keeping in touch with loved ones is a valuable tool of rehabilitation.
In the past residents feared having a gaol thrust upon them, but in a more enlightened age many see the vast array of benefits such an institution brings with it. Detention is a fact of life - and now the Illawarra has one to the highest of modern standards.
The creation of jobs will be an added blessing.
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