A former female juvenile justice officer has been charged over historic child sex offences allegedly committed at the Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre in Campbelltown.
Strike Force Redcliffe, comprising detectives from Campbelltown Local Area Command, was established to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by former juvenile justice officers at the detention centre located in Airds opposite the local high school.
The allegations were raised at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.
Following extensive inquiries, Strike Force detectives arrested a 43-year-old woman at a home in Padstow Heights about 8.45am today (Tuesday, May 23).
She was taken to Campbelltown Police Station where she was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault.
The woman was refused bail to appear at Campbelltown Local Court today.
Police will allege in court the woman assaulted a juvenile inmate at a detention centre in Airds between 1996 and 1997.
Investigations under Strike Force Redcliffe are continuing and further arrests are expected.
If any member of the public has information in relation to Strike Force Redcliffe, they should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page here.
Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. Police however remind the public they should not report crime information via NSW Police Force Facebook and Twitter pages.
Police encourage any person who has been a victim of any kind of sexual violence, no matter how long ago the incident occurred, to contact them.
Reports can be made at any police station.
