The NSW Corrective Services Commissioner has revealed how a recently opened NSW prison managed to be completed in record time.

The Macquarie Correctional Centre in Wellington is a 400-bed, maximum-security correctional centre for male inmates.

Kevin Corcoran told Ray Hadley the prison has taken a different path to more conventional prisons across the country.

“We needed beds as fast as possible, so we had a design which didn’t have any cells, which is how it was able to be completed at high-speed.”

“The prison took about 14 months from start to finish, which is an incredible achievement.”

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