Inside Long Bay Prison Sydney. Picture: Justin Lloyd. As their names are called, the inmates – many elderly child sex offenders on walkers – stroll past one by one to collect their lunch.

The first look into the new “Super Max” section of Long Bay jail in Sydney, where NSW’s worst criminals will be housed. Picture: Sam Ruttyn. Unlike other prisons, ...

Sydney housing crisis: Search for land could include Long Bay Jail, Anzac Parade, Parramatta Road. The Minns Government has been challenged to find room for another 75,000 homes per year.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has rebuked a proposal to close Sydney’s Long Bay prison and to instead use the site for housing following the failed Rosehill racecourse purchase.

Long Bay jail should make way for a state-of-the-art prison in the outer suburbs of Sydney or regional NSW according to former minister David Elliott. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Sydney’s Long Bay prison touted as Australia’s next housing hotspot. THE walls echo to gruesome tales of murder and violence, people were hanged in the backyard and the rooms are tiny.