 long bay correctional complex, an australian maximum and minimum security prison for males and females, is located at malabar, sydney, new south wales, australia. the complex is located approximately  south of the sydney cbd. the facility is operated by corrective services nsw, a department administered by the government of new south wales. the complex accepts sentenced and unsentenced felons under new south wales and/or commonwealth legislation and comprises three separate facilities including the long bay hospital (a maximum security institution for medical and psychiatric cases); the metropolitan special programs centre (a maximum/minimum security institution); and the special purpose centre (a maximum security institution for inmates requiring special protection). ==history== thumb| long bay gaol c. 1900 long bay was opened due to the imminent closure of darlinghurst gaol. the state reformatory for women was opened in 1909 and the state penitentiary for men was opened beside it in 1914. gallows were in operation at the complex from 1917 to 1939. the reformatory became part of the prison in the late 1950s, known as the long bay penitentiary. after the [[silverwater correctional complex#silverwater women's correctional centre|silverwater women'
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