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This is a list of operational and former Australian prisons for adult males and females and youth detention centres for juveniles. Prisons listed as "museum" are former prisons that are now open for public inspection and tours.
Throughout the European history of Australia, particularly since its formation as a penal colony, Australia has had many establishments for rehabilitation and incarceration. Altogether, there have been more than 180+ rehabilitation centres, youth correctional centres and prisons in Australia.
A new prison was opened on 11 September 2008 at Hume, called the Alexander Maconochie Centre, named after Alexander Maconochie. The centre is designed as a multi role facility to replace the Belconnen Remand Centre and provide detention facilities so that prisoners who are currently held in New South Wales facilities may be held locally.
Prisons in the Australian Capital Territory | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Alexander Maconochie Centre [1] | Operational | Minimum to maximum | ACT Corrective Services | 11 September 2008 | No | 300 | Hume |
Belconnen Remand Centre | Closed | Maximum Demolished in 2015–2016 | ACT Corrective Services | 1986 | 30 April 2009 | 60 | Belconnen |
Bimberi Youth Justice Centre | Operational | ACT Community Services | 3 September 2008 | No | 40 | Mitchell | |
Periodic Detention Centre [2] | Operational | Minimum | ACT Corrective Services | 1962 | No | 49 | Symonston |
Symonston Correctional Centre [3] | Operational | ACT Corrective Services | ? | No | 22 | Symonston | |
Total capacity | 411 | (current) |
The following list of operational and closed correctional facilities has been sourced from the Corrective Services NSW and from the State Records archives. [4] [5]
Prisons in New South Wales | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Acmena Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | 1998 | n/a | 45 | Grafton |
Albury Gaol | Closed | Demolished in 1947 [6] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 4 June 1943 | ? | Albury |
Armidale Gaol | Closed | Demolished in 1929 [7] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 25 June 1920 | ? | Armidale |
Balranald Gaol | Museum [8] | ? | n/a | 25 August 1887 | 1 August 1932 | ? | Balranald |
Bathurst Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Corrective Services NSW | 14 August 1874 | n/a | 650 | Bathurst |
Bega Gaol | Closed | ? | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 1 May 1940 | ? | Bega |
Old Berrima Gaol | Operational [9] | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | 1839 2016 | 2011 n/a | ? | Berrima |
Berrima Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | 1949 | n/a | 75 | Berrima |
Biloela Gaol (Convict Precinct) | Events venue [10] | ? | Sydney Harbour Federation Trust | June 1888 [11] | 1908 [11] | ? | Cockatoo Island [11] |
Bombala Gaol | Closed | Most probably demolished | n/a | 26 January 1892 | 30 November 1939 | ? | Bombala |
Braidwood Gaol | Closed | In state of ruins [12] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 16 August 1909 | ? | Braidwood |
Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre | Operational | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | 2000 | n/a | 70 | Brewarrina |
Broken Hill Correctional Centre (initially as Silverton Gaol) | Operational | Medium | 12 May 1891 | n/a | 89 | Broken Hill | |
Broken Hill Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | ? | ? | ? | Broken Hill |
Burrowa Gaol (or maybe Boorowa Gaol) | Closed | ? | n/a | 1 January 1889 | 5 December 1904 | ? | Boorowa |
Cessnock Correctional Centre [13] | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Correctional Services NSW | 1972 [14] | n/a | 750 | Cessnock |
Clarence Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Serco | 25 July 2020 | n/a | 1,700 | near Grafton |
Cobham Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | June 1980 | n/a | 105 | St Marys |
Condobolin Gaol | Closed | ? | n/a | 13 January 1902 | 1 December 1905 | ? | Condobolin |
Cooma Correctional Centre [15] | Operational+ museum [16] | Minimum to medium (males and females) | Corrective Services NSW | 1 November 1873 a | n/a a | 160 | Cooma |
Coonabarabran Gaol | Closed | ? | n/a | 2 October 1878 | 1 January 1903 | ? | Coonabarabran |
Cootamundra Gaol | Closed | ? | n/a | 25 November 1886 | 31 August 1935 | ? | Cootamundra |
Darlinghurst Gaol | Closed | ? | National Art School | 1822 | 1914 | ? | Darlinghurst |
Defence Force Correctional Establishment | Operational | ? | Australian Defence Force | 1989 | n/a | 22 | Holsworthy Barracks |
Deniliquin Gaol | Closed | Demolished in 1966 [17] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 15 November 1935 | ? | Deniliquin |
Dillwynia Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Minimum/ medium | Corrective Services NSW | 204 | n/a | 200 | Windsor |
Dubbo Gaol | Museum & events venue [19] | ? | Commonwealth of Australia | 1847 | 26 August 1966 | ? | Dubbo |
Emu Plains Correctional Centre [14] | Operational | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | December 1914 | n/a | 190 | Emu Plains |
Fort Denison | Museum | Maximum | NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service | 1788 | 1838 [20] | ? | Sydney Harbour |
Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | October 1999 [21] | ? | 120 [21] | Kariong |
Glen Innes Correctional Centre [14] | Operational | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | 15 August 1928 | n/a | 95 | Glen Innes |
Goulburn Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum; supermax | 14 August 1874 | n/a | 650 | Goulburn | |
Grafton Correctional Centre [22] | Operational | Medium | 14 August 1974 | n/a | 270 | Grafton | |
Grenfell Gaol | Closed | ? | 1 January 1877 | 1 January 1905 | ? | Grenfell | |
Gundagai Gaol | Closed | Minimum | 1859 | 1909 | ? | Gundagai | |
Hay Gaol | Closed | Museum, picnic ground and events venue [23] | 14 August 1874 | 31 October 1947 | ? | Hay | |
Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Minimum | 2000 | n/a | 50 | Ivanhoe | |
John Morony Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | ? | 1991 | 400 | Windsor | |
Junee Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Medium | GEO Group Australia | 1993 | n/a | 790 adult males [24] | Junee |
Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | 2005 | n/a | ? | Lidcombe |
Kariong Youth Correctional Centre | Operational | ? | Corrective Services NSW | 1991 | n/a | 100 | Kariong |
Keelong Juvenile Justice Centre | Closed | Youth centre [25] | Youth Justice NSW | 1978 | 2009 | ? | Unanderra |
Kempsey Gaol (opened as West Kempsey Gaol) | Closed | Most likely demolished | n/a | 1 January 1884 | 31 December 1941 | West Kempsey | |
Kirkconnell Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | 28 November 1958 | No | 250 | Sunny Corner |
Leslie Nott Afforestation Camp, Laurel Hill | Closed [26] | Minimum | n/a | 18 March 1957 | 23 June 1995 | ? | Laurel Hill |
Lithgow Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Corrective Services NSW | 1990 | n/a | 460 | Lithgow |
Long Bay Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | 1909 | n/a | 1,100 | Sydney | |
Maitland Gaol b | Museum | Maximum | 1848 | 28 January 1998 | 400 | Maitland | |
Mannus Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | 1930 | n/a | 164 | Tumbarumba | |
Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC) [18] | Operational | Maximum | 1997 | n/a | 1,050 | Silverwater | |
Mid North Coast Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Minimum to medium | 2004 | n/a | 500 | Aldavilla | |
Mudgee Gaol | Closed | Most likely demolished | 14 August 1874 | 11 August 1909 | Mudgee | ||
Narrabri Gaol | Museum | ? | Narrabri Historical Society [27] | 1880-1882 [28] | 2 November 1982 | Narrabri | |
Oberon Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Minimum | 1930 [29] | n/a | 100 | Oberon | |
Orana Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | 2000 | ? | 45 | Dubbo |
Parklea Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Maximum & a minimum area [30] | GEO Group Australia | 1983 | n/a | 893 | Parklea |
Parramatta Correctional Centre | Museum [31] | Medium | ? | 1798 | 2011 [32] | 580 | Parramatta |
Port Macquarie Gaol | Closed | Demolished [33] | n/a | Between 1837 and 1840 | 1920 [33] | Port Macquarie | |
Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre | Operational | ? | Youth Justice NSW | August 1973 | n/a | 55 | Airds |
Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre [34] [35] | Operational | ? | 1984 | n/a | 45 | Wagga Wagga | |
Silverwater Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | Corrective Services NSW | ? | n/a | ? | Silverwater |
Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | 1970 | n/a | 200 | Silverwater | |
South Coast Correctional Centre [36] | Operational | Minimum to Maximum | 2010 | n/a | 549 | Nowra Hill | |
St Heliers Correctional Centre [18] | Operational | Minimum | 1990 | n/a | 280 | Muswellbrook | |
Tamworth Correctional Centre | Operational | Medium | 1991 | n/a | 90 | Tamworth | |
Taree Gaol | Closed | Demolished | 15 December 1884 | 31 October 1940 | Taree | ||
Trial Bay Gaol | Museum | ? | 1886 | 1918 | Arakoon | ||
Tuncurry Afforestation Camp | Closed | Demolished | 26 October 1913 | 1 April 1938 | Tuncurry | ||
Wagga Wagga Gaol | Closed | Demolished in 1919 [37] | 1863 [37] | 11 August 1909 | Wagga Wagga | ||
Wellington Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Corrective Services NSW | 2007 | n/a | 700 | Wellington |
Wentworth Gaol | School then to Museum [38] | ? | n/a | Built in 1879–1881 [38] | 1927 [38] | Wentworth | |
Windsor Gaol | Closed | Demolished in 1936 [39] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 17 January 1899 | Windsor | |
Wollongong Gaol | Closed | Demolished after WWI [40] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 31 October 1915 | Wollongong | |
Wyalong Gaol | Closed | Most probably demolished | n/a | 1 February 1899 | 16 August 1909 | Wyalong | |
Yarrangobilly Gaol | Closed | ? | n/a | 2 November 1966 | 21 July 1993 | Yarrangobilly | |
Yasmar Juvenile Justice Centre | Closed | ? | Youth Justice NSW | 1981 | 2006 | 36 | Ashfield |
Yass Gaol | Closed | Most probably demolished | n/a | 1 September 1883 | 16 August 1909 | Yass | |
Young Gaol | Closed | Much of the gaol was demolished in 1934 and the remains (mainly the arched gateway) were incorporated into Young's new technical college. [41] | n/a | 14 August 1874 | 1 August 1923 | Young | |
Total capacity | 4,927 | (known) |
Prisons in the Northern Territory | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Alice Springs Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Northern Territory Correctional Services | 1996 | – | 470 | Alice Springs |
Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre | Operational | Maximum | September 1998 | – | 10 | Alice Springs | |
Berrimah Prison | Closed [lower-alpha 1] | Maximum | Northern Territory Correctional Services | 1 September 1979 | 28 November 2014 | 750 | Berrimah |
Don Dale Youth Detention Centre | Operational | Maximum | Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities | 1989 | – | 38 | Berrimah |
Darwin Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Northern Territory Correctional Services | September 2014 | – | 1000 | Holtze |
Fannie Bay Gaol | Museum | Maximum | Department of Community Development, Sport & Cultural Affairs | 20 September 1883 | 1 September 1979 | ? | Darwin |
Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp | Operational | Minimum | Northern Territory Correctional Services | 1980s | 20 | Wildman River | |
Total capacity | 2288 | (current) |
Prisons in Queensland | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 1992 | – | 890 | Wacol |
Boggo Road Gaol | Museum+ events venue+ | Maximum | Now operating as a museum | July 1883 | 15 June 1992 | ? | Brisbane |
Borallon Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 17 November 1989 & reopened on 7 March 2016 | initially closed 25 January 2012 | 494 | Borallon |
Brisbane Correctional Centre (formerly known as Sir David Longland Correctional Centre) | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 2008 | – | 600 | Wacol |
Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | June 1999 | – | 270 | Wacol |
Brisbane Youth Detention Centre | Operational | Maximum | Department of Communities | 2001 | – | 105 | Wacol |
Cairns Gaol | Closed | Demolished | Prison Department | 8 September 1897 | 7 April 1926 | - | Cairns |
Capricornia Correctional Centre | Operational | High security/Low security centres | Queensland Corrective Services | 12 September 2001 | – | 500 | Rockhampton |
Cleveland Youth Detention Centre | Operational | Maximum | Department of Communities | 1980 | – | 100 | Townsville |
Darling Downs Correctional Centre | Closed | Low/Open | Queensland Corrective Services | 10 December 1994 | 30 September 2012 | 170 | Westbrook |
Helena Jones Centre | Operational | Low | Queensland Corrective Services | 29 [43] | Albion | ||
Ingham Gaol | Closed | Demolished | Prisons Department | 1885 | 6 August 1924 | - | Ingham |
John Oxley Youth Detention Centre | Closed | Maximum | Department of Communities | 1987 | 2001 | – | Wacol |
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 29 May 1989 | – | 500 | Mareeba |
Maryborough Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 14 October 2002 | – | 500 | Maryborough |
Numinbah Correctional Centre | Operational | Low/Open | Queensland Corrective Services | 28 October 1940 | – | 129 | Numinbah |
Palen Creek Correctional Centre | Operational | Low/Open/Protection | Queensland Corrective Services | 6 December 1934 | – | 170 | Rathdowney |
Rockhampton Correctional Centre (formerly known as Etna Creek Prison) | Closed | High | Queensland Corrective Services | 1969 | September 2001 | Rockhampton | |
Roma Gaol | Closed | Demolished | Prison Department | 7 December 1872 | 3 October 1903 | - | Roma |
Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre | Closed | Maximum | Department of Communities | 1961 | 2001 | – | Windsor |
Southern Queensland Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 3 March 2012 | – | 300 | Gatton |
St. Helena Penal Establishment | Closed | Ruins [44] | N/A | 14 May 1867 | December 1932 | – | Brisbane |
Stone River Prison Farm | Closed | Demolished | Prison Department | December 1945 | 8 March 1962 | - | Ingham |
Toowoomba Prison | Closed | Demolished | N/A | 1864 | 1900 | – | Toowoomba |
Townsville Correctional Centre (formerly known as H.M.P.E. Stewart's Creek) | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 6 April 1893 | – | 494 | Townsville |
Whitenbah Prison Farm | Closed | Demolished | Prison Department | 21 October 1942 | 3 May 1949 | - | Numinbah |
Wolston Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | GEO | June 1999 | – | 600 | Wacol |
Woodford Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | Queensland Corrective Services | 28 September 1973 | – | 1008 | Woodford |
Total capacity | 6166 |
Prisons in South Australia are managed by the South Australian, Department for Correctional Services apart from the Mount Gambier Prison and Adelaide Remand Centre which are managed by GSL Group.
Prisons in South Australia | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Adelaide Gaol | Museum | Maximum | Department for Correctional Services | 1841 | 1988 | [440] | Adelaide |
Adelaide Pre-Release Centre | Operational | Minimum | Department for Correctional Services | ? | - | 104 | Adelaide |
Adelaide Remand Centre | Operational | Maximum | Corrections and Serco | 1986 | - | 274 | Adelaide |
Adelaide Women's Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Department for Correctional Services | 1969 | - | 176 | Adelaide |
Cadell Training Centre | Operational | Minimum | Department for Correctional Services | 1960 | - | 204 | Morgan |
Gladstone Gaol | Museum | Minimum | Department for Correctional Services | 1881 | 1975 | 86 | Gladstone |
Kyeema Prison Camp | Demolished [45] | Minimum | Gaols and Prisons Department | 1932 | 1959 | Kyeema | |
Magill Youth Training Centre | Closed | Minimum | Department for Communities and Social Inclusion | 1869 | 2012 | Magill | |
Mobilong Prison | Operational | Minimum to medium | Department for Correctional Services | 1987 | - | 472 | Murray Bridge |
Mount Gambier Gaol | Boarding hostel | 1866 | 1995 | Mount Gambier | |||
Mount Gambier Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum | G4S | 1995 | - | 503 | Moorak |
Port Augusta Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Department for Correctional Services | 1869 | - | 624 | Port Augusta |
Port Lincoln Prison | Operational | Minimum to medium | Department for Correctional Services | ? | - | 176 | Port Lincoln |
Redruth Gaol | Museum | 1856 | 1894 | Burra | |||
Robe Gaol | Ruins | 1861 | ? | Robe | |||
Vaughan House (renamed South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre in 1979) | Closed | 1947 | 1993 | [72] | Enfield | ||
Wallaroo Gaol | Demolished | 1866 | 1929 | Wallaroo | |||
Yatala Labour Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum; Supermax | Department for Correctional Services | 1854 | - | 578 | Adelaide |
Total capacity | 3,111 | (current) |
Prisons in Tasmania | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Ashley Youth Detention Centre [46] | Operational | Juvenile males and females | Department of Health | 1922 | 51 | Deloraine | |
Campbell Street Gaol | Closed | Museum | As a museum by the National Trust of Australia | 1821 | 1963 | [150] | Hobart |
Cascades Female Factory | Closed: Ruins | Museum, World Heritage Site | Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority | 1828 | 1856 | ? | South Hobart |
George Town Female Factory | Demolished [47] | ? | ? | 1822 | 1834 [47] | ? | ? |
HM Hayes Prison Farm [48] | Closed and sold. [49] Not demolished as per latest google earth accessed 1 July 2018. | Minimum (open farm) | Tasmanian Prison Service | 1937 | 2012 | 70 | Hayes |
Hobart Town Female Factory | Closed | Demolished | ? | 1821 | 1828 [50] | ? | Hobart |
Hobart Reception Centre [48] | Operational | Maximum (males and females) | Tasmanian Prison Service | 1999 | 50 | Hobart | |
Launceston Female Factory | Closed | Demolished [51] | ? | November 1834 | 1855 and was converted to a Gaol till 1914 [51] | ? | Launceston |
Launceston Reception Centre [48] | Operational | Maximum (males and females) | Tasmanian Prison Service | circa 1839 | 33 | Launceston | |
Macquarie Harbour Penal Station | Closed | Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area | Parks & Wildlife Service (Tasmania) | 1822 | 1833 [52] | ? | Sarah Island |
Maria Island Penal colony (Darlington) | Closed | Ruins | 1825 | 1850 [53] | ? | Maria Island | |
Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison [48] | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Tasmanian Prison Service Department of Health (Wilfred Lopes Centre) | 1963 | 45 | Risdon Vale | |
Port Arthur | Closed | Ruins | Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority | 1830 | 1877 [54] | Port Arthur | |
Risdon Prison Complex [48] (incorporating the Ron Barwick Minimum Security Prison and the Wilfred Lopes Centre for Forensic Mental Health) | Operational | Medium to maximum/Supermax | Tasmanian Prison Service Department of Health (Wilfred Lopes Centre) | November 1960 and August 2006 | 280 | Risdon Vale | |
Ross Female Factory | Museum | Partly ruins | 1833 [55] | 1854 [55] | ? | Ross | |
Saltwater River Penal colony | Closed | Ruins | 1833 | 1848 [56] | ? | Saltwater River | |
Total capacity | - | (current) |
Adult Prisons and correctional facilities in Victoria are managed by Corrections Victoria. Two prisons are privatised and managed by G4S Australia Pty. Limited and GEO Group Australia Pty. Limited. Youth Justice custodial centres are managed by the Department of Justice and Community Safety.
Victorian Prisons are mostly located in regional Victoria. The prison system is relatively modern with the closure of the last of the "old" gaols in 2005. Bendigo and Won Wron were the last to be closed. Beechworth Prison was closed in 2004 and replaced with the Beechworth Correctional Centre the following year. New prisons are[ when? ] being built or planned at Ararat and Ravenhall. Many prisons have had recent[ when? ] expansions in terms of bed numbers.[ citation needed ]
At 30 June 2015 there were 4,769 sentenced prisoners and 1,413 unsentenced prisoners in Victoria, thus making a total of 6,182 prisoners. From those 6,182 prisoners, 5,762 were males (93%) and 420 were females (7%). Those numbers also include 480 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners, making them 8% of the total number of prisoners in Victoria. [57]
In 2015, the average male prisoner in Victoria was: [57]
In 2015, the average female prisoner in Victoria was: [57]
At 30 June 2015, the total operational capacity for Victorian prisons was 7,093 and had a utilisation rate of 90.5%. [57]
Prisons in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location | ||||||||
Acheron Boys Home | Operational | Minimum (juveniles) | Youth Justice Custodial Services | circa 1966 | 10 | Buxton | |||||||||
Ashendene Boys Home | Closed | Juveniles | Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department | 1966 | November 1988 | ? | Olinda | ||||||||
Ballarat Gaol | Closed. Mostly demolished except The main gate, warden's residence, governor's residence and the guard tower | Maximum (males and females) | Corrections Victoria | 1862 | 1965 | [74] | Ballarat | ||||||||
Beechworth Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 2005 | 210 | Beechworth | |||||||||
Beechworth Gaol | Closed | Museum+mixed use development [58] | Corrections Victoria | 1864 | 2004 | [132] | Beechworth | ||||||||
Castlemaine Gaol | Museum [59] | Maximum | State of Victoria | 1857 | 1990 | ? | Castlemaine | ||||||||
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum (female) | Corrections Victoria | 15 August 1996 | 604 | Deer Park | |||||||||
Fulham Correctional Centre (including NALU) | Operational | Minimum to Medium | GEO Group Australia | 1997 | 893 | Sale | |||||||||
HM Prison Barwon (including Barwon Supermax) | Operational | Maximum; supermax | Corrections Victoria | January 1990 | 478 | Lara | |||||||||
HM Prison Bendigo (Sandhurst Gaol) | Closed | Adaptively reused as Ulumbarra Theatre and partly as Bendigo Senior Secondary College (hospitality school) [60] | Corrections Victoria | 1863 | 2006 | [85] | Bendigo | ||||||||
HM Prison Dhurringile | Operational | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 1965 | 328 | Murchison | |||||||||
HM Prison Geelong | Museum | Maximum | Corrections Victoria | 1853 | 1991 | ? | Geelong | ||||||||
HM Prison Langi Kal Kal | Operational | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | Officially in February 1951 [61] | 428 [61] | Beaufort | |||||||||
HM Prison Loddon | Operational | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 1990 | 468 [62] | Castlemaine | |||||||||
HM Prison Morwell River | Reused as Adventure and accommodation centre[ citation needed ] | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 1951 | 1997 | ? | Morwell | ||||||||
HM Prison Pentridge | Closed | Maximum | Museum and Housing Estate built on site | 1851 | 1997 | ? | Coburg | ||||||||
HM Prison Sale | Only façade survived. Land developed into police station. [63] | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 1887 | 1997 | ? | Sale | ||||||||
HM Prison Won Wron | Reused as Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place [64] | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 1964 | 2004 | [127] | Won Wron | ||||||||
HM Prison Fairlea | Closed. Demolished | Maximum | ? | 1956 [65] | 1996 [65] | ? | Fairfield | ||||||||
HM Prison Tarrengower | Operational | Minimum (female) | Corrections Victoria | 1988 [66] | ? | 78 | Maldon | ||||||||
Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat) | Operational | Medium Protection | Corrections Victoria | 1967 | 762 | Ararat | |||||||||
J Ward (HM Prison Ararat) | Museum | Maximum | Corrections Victoria | 1859 | 1991 | ? | Ararat | ||||||||
Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Department of Justice and Community Safety | 1965 | 74 | Malmsbury | |||||||||
Marngoneet Correctional Centre | Operational | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 2006 | 559 | Lara | |||||||||
McLeod Prison Farm [67] | Reused as Bed and breakfast motel, then into a Farm | 1916 | 1975 | French Island | |||||||||||
HM Melbourne Assessment Prison | Operational | Maximum | Corrections Victoria | 6 April 1989 | 305 | West Melbourne | |||||||||
Old Melbourne Gaol | Museum & Event's venue | Maximum | State of Victoria | 1845 | 1924 | ? | Melbourne | ||||||||
Melbourne Youth Justice Centre | Operational | Medium to maximum | Department of Justice and Community Safety | 1993 | 110 | Parkville | |||||||||
Metropolitan Remand Centre | Operational | Maximum remand | Corrections Victoria | 2006 | 954 | Ravenhall | |||||||||
Parkville Youth Residential Centre | Operational | Medium to maximum | Department of Justice and Community Safety | 1998 | 30 | Parkville | |||||||||
Port Phillip Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum | G4S Australia Pty. Limited | 1997 | 1117 | Truganina | |||||||||
Ravenhall Correctional Centre | Operational | Medium | GEO Group Australia | 2017 | 1300 | Ravenhall | |||||||||
Turana Youth Training Centre | Closed | Medium to maximum | Department of Justice and Community Safety | 1955 [68] | 2001 | [86] | Parkville | ||||||||
Western Plains Correctional Centre | Operational | Maximum | G4S Australia Pty. Limited | 2022 | 1248 | Lara | Total capacity | 7093 [57] updated to 7800 | (current) |
Prisons and correctional facilities in Western Australia are managed by the Department of Justice through public and private operators.
Prisons in Western Australia | |||||||
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Prison | Status | Classification | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
Acacia Prison | Operational | Medium | Serco | May 2001 | 1,525 | Wooroloo | |
Albany Regional Prison | Operational | Maximum | Department of Justice | 16 September 1966 | 310 | Albany | |
Bandyup Women's Prison | Operational | Mixed (female) | January 1970 | 259 | West Swan | ||
Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre | Operational | Medium to maximum | September 1997 | ? | Canning Vale | ||
Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women | Operational | Minimum (female) | May 2004 | 82 | Bentley | ||
Broome Regional Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum (male/female) | February 1945 | 138 | Broome | ||
Bunbury Regional Prison | Operational | Maximum (remand only); Minimum to medium | February 1971 | 340 | College Grove | ||
Casuarina Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum | June 1991 | 1200 | Casuarina | ||
Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum (male/female) | 2016 | 136 | Boulder | ||
Fremantle Prison | Closed | Museum, World Heritage Site | Government of Western Australia | 1855 | 8 November 1991 | [800] | Fremantle |
Greenough Regional Prison | Operational | Maximum (remand only); Minimum to medium | Department of Justice | October 1984 | 323 | Narngulu | |
Hakea Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum | June 1982 | 897 | Canning Vale | ||
Karnet Prison Farm | Operational | Minimum | March 1963 | 326 | Serpentine | ||
Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility | Operational | Maximum | Sodexo | 2016 | 254 | Canning Vale | |
Nyandi Women's Prison | Closed. Reused as Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women | Minimum | 1970 | 2004 | Bentley | ||
Pardelup Prison Farm | Operational | Minimum | Department of Justice | 1927 | 96 | Mount Barker | |
Perth Gaol | Closed | Minimum | 1854 | 1888 | Northbridge | ||
Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre | Closed | Remand Centre | Department of Justice | 1994 | 2012 | 92 | Murdoch |
Riverbank Prison | Closed. Not used. [69] | Department of Justice | 1970 | 2001 | Caversham | ||
Roebourne Regional Prison | Operational | Minimum to maximum (male/female) | Department of Justice | March 1984 | 161 | Roebourne | |
Round House | Closed | Museum | Fremantle City Council | 1830 | 1886 | Fremantle | |
Wandoo Reintegration Facility | Operational | Minimum | Department of Justice | November 2012 | 80 | Murdoch | |
West Kimberley Regional Prison | Operational | Minimum to medium | Department of Justice | 1 November 2012 | 150 | Derby | |
Wooroloo Prison Farm | Operational | Minimum | Department of Justice | 1972 | 360 | Wooroloo | |
Total capacity | ? | (current) |
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.
Emu Plains Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison previously known as Penrith minimum security prison for male inmates became for females in 2000 is located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
The former Grafton Gaol, later called the Grafton Correctional Centre and then Grafton Intake and Transient Centre is a heritage-listed former medium security prison for males and females, located in Grafton, Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia. The centre was operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. In its last correctional use, the centre detained sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Broken Hill Correctional Centre, formerly Broken Hill Gaol, is an Australian minimum and medium security prison for men and women located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, around 1,190 km (740 mi) from Sydney. Opened in 1892, it is the fourth-oldest prison still in operation in NSW.
Parklea Correctional Centre, a privately managed Australian maximum and minimum security prison for males, is located at Parklea, in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. The facility is operated by MTC Ventia and has a current capacity for 1,350 inmates. The Centre accepts prisoners charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and incorporates a minimum-security work-release centre for inmates nearing release with a capacity of 120. A Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional unit is incorporated within the centre.
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, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. 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.
Tamworth Correctional Centre, an Australian medium security prison for males, is located in Tamworth, New South Wales, 397 kilometres (247 mi) north of Sydney. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Centre accepts felons charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for north–western New South Wales. A periodic detention centre for males was opened in March 1997.
The Silverwater Correctional Complex, an Australian maximum and minimum security prison complex for males and females, is located in Silverwater, 21 km (13 mi) west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. The complex is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government Department of Communities and Justice.
The Parramatta Correctional Centre is a heritage-listed former medium security prison for males on the corner of O'Connell and Dunlop Streets, North Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was in operation between 1798 and 2011. The centre was initially called Parramatta Gaol until its name was changed to Parramatta Correctional Centre in 1992. When in operation, the centre was managed by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. Immediately prior to its closure, the centre detained short term sentenced and remand inmates, operated as a transient centre, and was the periodic detention centre for metropolitan Sydney.
Bathurst Correctional Centre, originally built as Bathurst Gaol in 1888, is a prison for men and women located in the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, and operated by the Department of Communities and Justice. Bathurst holds inmates sentenced under State or Australian criminal law, along with a small number of remand prisoners.
Launceston Reception Centre, formerly the Launceston Remand Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for male and female inmates held on remand, is located in Launceston, 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 felons charged under Tasmanian and/or Commonwealth legislation pending legal proceedings; and also detains convicted felons, pending their classification and placement at other correctional facilities in Tasmania.
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.
Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
Cooma Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to medium prison for males, is located in Cooma, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced prisoners and persons on remand under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
The Berrima Correctional Centre is an Australian prison, located at Berrima, New South Wales. The Centre was operational between 1839 and 2011 with a number of breaks in between, and was re-opened in September 2016. Initially established as Berrima Gaol, the facility closed in 1909 and reopened in 1949 as the Berrima Training Centre. The Centre is the oldest Australian correctional facility in operation. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
The Alexander Maconochie Centre is an Australian prison in the Australian Capital Territory, which detains maximum security, minimum security and remand inmates, both male and female. It is located in Hume, Australian Capital Territory. The facility is operated by ACT Corrective Services, an agency of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory. The facility accepts remandees charged under Territory and/or Commonwealth legislation pending legal proceedings; and also detains convicted offenders who are sentenced to full-time imprisonment.
Corrective Services New South Wales (CSNSW) is a division of the Department of Communities and Justice of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. CSNSW is responsible for the state's prisons and a range of programs for managing offenders in the community. The state has 36 prisons, 33 run by CSNSW and three privately operated. The agency traces its origins back to 1788, when New South Wales was founded as a penal colony.
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.
Juvenile detention in the Northern Territory is administered by Territory Families, since a departmental reorganisation following the Labor victory at the August 2016 Northern Territory general election. Juvenile detention is mostly operated through two facilities - the Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre in Alice Springs, and the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre in eastern Darwin. These had previously been administered by the Department of Correctional Services. A juvenile is a child between the age of 10 and 17.
The Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons, also known as the Nagle Royal Commission, was established in 1976 to inquire into the management of prisons in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The commission was headed by Supreme Court Justice John Flood Nagle. Nagle's report, handed down in 1978, described "an inefficient Department administering antiquated and disgraceful gaols; untrained and sometimes ignorant prison officers, resentful, intransigent and incapable of performing their tasks." The first of the Royal Commission's 252 recommendations was the dismissal of Corrective Services Commissioner Walter McGeechan – though the Government sacked McGeechan three months before receiving Nagle's final report.