Mobilong Prison

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Mobilong Prison
Mobilong Prison
LocationMaurice Road, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Security classLow to Medium Security
Capacity472 males
Opened1987
Managed by Department for Correctional Services

Mobilong Prison is an Australian low and medium security prison for men located at Murray Bridge, South Australia. It has a capacity of 472 prisoners, housed in cells and cottage style units. The centre provides education and vocational training, as well as drug and alcohol counselling. [1]

It currently allows prisoners to manage their own face to face and video domestic visits, and interact with dogs through the SA Greyhounds Adoption Program. [2] The dogs, which are ex-racing dogs, are deemed unsuitable for immediate rehoming, and in need extra socialization to fit into a domestic situation. They would otherwise have been euthanized. Prisoners train them to "accept a lead, brushing, bathing and toilet training, and to behave themselves at meal times", while gaining a Certificate II in Animal Studies. [3]

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References

  1. "Mobilong Prison". Department for Correctional Services . Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. Services, Department for Correctional (21 December 2022). "Mobilong Prison". www.corrections.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. "Mobilong Prison program gives greyhounds new leash on life". The Murray Valley Standard. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

Coordinates: 35°6′47″S139°14′2″E / 35.11306°S 139.23389°E / -35.11306; 139.23389