Editing Silverwater Correctional Complex (section)

==Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre==
The '''Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre''' (MRRC), an Australian maximum security facility for males is located within the complex. The prison opened in 1997, and has a capacity of 900 inmates. It is the largest single correctional centre in Australia.<ref name=unsw>{{cite web |title=Key moments in Penal Culture in NSW 1970 – present |work=The Australian Prisons Project |publisher=The University of New South Wales |url=http://www.app.unsw.edu.au/section-3-prisons-4 |year=2010 |access-date=5 March 2012 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409150217/http://www.app.unsw.edu.au/section-3-prisons-4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The majority of inmates are unconvicted or unsentenced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aic.gov.au/criminal_justice_system/corrections/facilities/nsw.aspx#mrrc |title=New South Wales correctional facilities: Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre |work=Australian correctional agencies and facilities |publisher=Australian Government: Australian Institute of Criminology |date=23 August 2011 |access-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324174015/http://aic.gov.au/criminal_justice_system/corrections/facilities/nsw.aspx#mrrc |archive-date=24 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In March, 1999, Russian Australian librarian [[Lucy Dudko]] hired a helicopter supposedly to check out the upcoming Olympic site in Sydney. Using a gun, she forced pilot, Tim Joyce, to land within the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre grounds. Waiting was her partner [[John Killick (Australian criminal)|John Killick]], who was serving 28 years for armed robberies. He jumped in the helicopter making an escape while being fired on by guards and cheered on by inmates.<ref name="smh">{{cite news |title=Mastermind of helicopter jailbreak freed early |agency=AAP |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mastermind-of-helicopter-jailbreak-freed-early/2006/05/08/1146940478180.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 May 2006 |access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> They landed in a park where Killick hijacked a taxi at gunpoint. The two were able to elude authorities for six weeks before being arrested at the Bass Hill Tourist Park.<ref name="smh" />

In 2004, the [[Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales)|Independent Commission Against Corruption]] conducted an investigation at the prison which concluded that mobile phones were becoming a significant security threat in Australian correctional facilities.<ref name="mpt">{{Cite news |url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/mobile-phone-threat-in-australian-correctional-facilities/ |title=Mobile phone threat in Australian correctional facilities |author=Abby Dinham |access-date=10 October 2012 |date=3 September 2004 |work=ZDNet |publisher=CBS Interactive }}</ref>

In April 2012, the facility was inundated with members of [[outlaw motorcycle club]]s.  Segregation between members of the same gangs is enforced in an effort to break member ties.<ref name="tcas">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/these-cells-are-for-drive-by-shooters/story-e6freuzi-1226335253536 |title=These cells at Silverwater jail are for drive-by shooters |author=Linda Silmalis |access-date=10 October 2012 |date=22 April 2012 |newspaper= The Sunday Telegraph |publisher=News Limited }}</ref>

===Notable prisoners===
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*[[Rodney Adler]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1345646.htm |title=Adler jailed for HIH fiasco |author=Alberici, Emma |date=14 April 2005 |work=The 7.30 Report |format=transcript |access-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bad-boy Rodney sent to his room |author1=Saville, Margot |author2=Kennedy, Les |date=15 April 2005 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Badboy-Rodney-sent-to-his-room/2005/04/14/1113251742854.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}disgraced former director of [[HIH Insurance]] and businessman.
*[[Hew Raymond Griffiths]]{{spaced ndash}}British-born Australian alleged software pirate, before his extradition to the US.
*[[Man Haron Monis]]{{spaced ndash}}(1964–2014) Iranian-born Australian; convicted "hate mail" campaigner against the families of dead soldiers, faced numerous charges of being an accessory to murder and sexual assault. Perpetrator of the [[2014 Sydney hostage crisis|2014 Sydney Siege]], shot dead by New South Wales Police Force Tactical Operations Unit.
*[[Phuong Ngo]]{{spaced ndash}}Vietnamese Australian politician and businessman convicted of ordering the 1994 killing of Australian NSW state MP [[John Newman (Australian politician)|John Newman]].
*[[Dragan Vasiljković]]{{spaced ndash}}(aka Captain Dragan and Daniel Snedden), former Serbian paramilitary commander and alleged war criminal.
*[[Danushka Gunathilaka]], Sri Lankan cricketer