HM Prison Barwon or informally Barwon Prison, an Australian high risk and maximum security prison for males, is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the township of Lara, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by Corrections Victoria. The prison provides accommodation and services for remand and sentenced prisoners detained under Victorian and Federal legislation.
Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a high security remand centre for males, primarily accommodating individuals who a judge or magistrate has ordered to be held in custody as they await, and during, trial. The centre is located on the Ipswich Motorway at Wacol in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is the largest correctional centre in Queensland. The centre's Maximum Security Unit was closed on 1 March 2013, with maximum security inmates moved to other maximum security facilities within the state.
Risdon Prison Complex is an Australian medium to maximum security prison for males located in Risdon Vale near Hobart, Tasmania. The facility is operated by the Tasmanian Prison Service, an agency of the Department of Justice of the Government of Tasmania. The facility accepts criminals convicted under Tasmanian and/or Commonwealth legislation.
The Long Bay Correctional Complex, commonly called Long Bay, is a correctional facility comprising a heritage-listed maximum and minimum security prison for males and females and a hospital to treat prisoners, psychiatric cases and remandees, located in Malabar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The complex is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the Sydney CBD and is contained within a 32-hectare (79-acre) site. The facility is operated by Corrective Services New South Wales, a department administered by the Government of New South Wales.
The Goulburn Correctional Centre,, is an Australian supermaximum security prison for males. It is located in Goulburn, New South Wales, three kilometres north-east of the central business district. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW. The Complex accepts prisoners charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for Southern New South Wales, and, in some cases, for inmates from the Australian Capital Territory.
Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian high-security prison facility in Wacol, Queensland, Australia. Wolston holds high-profile prisoners.
Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre is a prison for women, located in the suburb of Wacol in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was commissioned on 28 May 1999.
Woodford Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located on Neurum Road, Woodford, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres north from Brisbane and 30 kilometres from Caboolture.
Francis Greenway Correctional Complex, formerly John Morony Correctional Complex is an Australian minimum security prison complex for males and females located in Berkshire Park, 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Windsor in New South Wales, Australia. The complex is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales.
Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest maximum security prison, able to accommodate up to 1117 prisoners. The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Government of Victoria by G4S Australia Pty Ltd. The prison is expected to close in December 2025, with prisoners to be relocated to the Western Plains Correctional Centre in Lara.
Wacol is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Wacol had a population of 4,253 people.
Ellen Grove is an outer south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Ellen Grove had a population of 3,586 people.
Sumner is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Sumner had a population of 603 people.
Richlands is an outer south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Richlands had a population of 5,621 people.
Ironbark is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Ironbark had a population of 1,173 people.
Punishment in Australia arises when an individual has been accused or convicted of breaking the law through the Australian criminal justice system. Australia uses prisons, as well as community corrections. When awaiting trial, prisoners may be kept in specialised remand centres or within other prisons.
The Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC) is an Australian prison facility located in Spring Creek, Lockyer Valley Region, 15 km north from Gatton, and 94 km west from Brisbane, Queensland. The 300-bed minimum to maximum security prison for females was built by Baulderstone and officially opened on 21 December 2011 by Corrective Services Minister Neil Roberts. The facilities began operation in January 2012. SQCC is the first completed stage of the Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct in Australia.
The Brisbane Youth Detention Centre is a youth detention center in Wacol, Queensland, Australia. It has a capacity of 306 children aged 10 to 18. The centre opened in 2001. The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services is responsible for the centre.
