This is a list of operational and former Australian prisons. Prisons listed as "museum" are former prisons that are now open for public inspection and tours. Throughout its history, particularly since its formation as a penal colony, Australia has had many establishments for rehabilitation and incarceration. Altogether, there have been more than 180+ rehabilition centres, youth correctional centres and prisons in Australia.

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...

 

A new prison was opened in 11 September 2008 at Symonston, called the Alexander Maconochie Centre

Alexander Maconochie Centre

The Alexander Maconochie Centre is an Australian prison and remand centre complex in the Australian Capital Territory.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...

, named after Alexander Maconochie

Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer)

Alexander Maconochie was a Scottish naval officer, geographer, and penal reformer.- Early life :Maconochie was born in Edinburgh on 11 February 1787. He joined the Royal Navy in 1803 and as a midshipman he saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars and was a prisoner of war from 1811 to 1814...

. 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
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Belconnen Remand Centre	Closed	Maximum	ACT Corrective Services	1986	30 April 2009	?	Belconnen Belconnen Belconnen is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 25 suburbs with 29,900 dwellings housing 82,247 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory ....
Periodic Detention Centre Periodic Detention Centre The Symonston Periodic Detention Centre is a minimum security Australian prison located in Symonston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It was formerly the Quamby Children's Remand Centre.-Quamby:...	Operational	Minimum	ACT Corrective Services	1962	No	49	Symonston
Symonston Temporary Remand Centre	Operational		ACT Corrective Services	?	Closed	?	Symonston
Alexander Maconochie Centre Alexander Maconochie Centre The Alexander Maconochie Centre is an Australian prison and remand centre complex in the Australian Capital Territory.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...	Operational	Minimum/Maximum	ACT Corrective Services	11 September 2008	No	374	Symonston
Bimberi Youth Justice Centre	Operational		ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services	?	No	40	Mitchell
Total capacity						?

New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 

Prisons in New South Wales
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Acmena Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	1998	?	?	Grafton Grafton, New South Wales The city of Grafton is the commercial hub of the Clarence River Valley. Established in 1851, Grafton features many historic buildings and tree-lined streets. Located approximately 630 kilometres north of Sydney and 340 km south of Brisbane, Grafton and the Clarence Valley can be reached...
Broken Hill Correctional Centre Broken Hill Correctional Centre Broken Hill Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison housing males and females, located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia....	Operational	Medium	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Broken Hill Broken Hill, New South Wales -Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...
Broken Hill Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Broken Hill Broken Hill, New South Wales -Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...
Bathurst Correctional Centre	Operational	Minimum/Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Bathurst Bathurst, New South Wales -CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
Berrima Gaol	Closed	Minimum/Medium	Department of Corrective Services	1866	1909	?	Berrima Berrima, New South Wales Berrima is an historic village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The village, once a major town, is located on the Old Hume Highway between Canberra and Sydney. It was previously known officially as the Town of Berrima...
Berrima Correctional Centre Berrima Correctional Centre Berrima Correctional Centre is an Australian female prison located at Berrima, New South Wales, Australia. Berrima Gaol is the oldest gaol still in operation in Australia....	Operational	Minimum/Medium	Department of Corrective Services	1949	?	?	Berrima Berrima, New South Wales Berrima is an historic village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The village, once a major town, is located on the Old Hume Highway between Canberra and Sydney. It was previously known officially as the Town of Berrima...
Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre Brewarrina Centre is a minimum security Australian prison for Aboriginal males located in Gongolgon, near Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia.- References :...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Gongolgon
Cessnock Correctional Centre Cessnock Correctional Centre Cessnock Correctional Centre is a minimum and maximum security Australian prison for males, located in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. It is the reception prison for the Newcastle and Hunter Region.-Notable prisoners:*William MacDonald...	Operational	Minimum/Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Cessnock Cessnock, New South Wales Cessnock is a city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about by road west of Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the Cessnock City Council LGA and was named after an 1826 grant of land called Cessnock Estate, which was owned by John Campbell...
Cobham Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	?	?	?	St Marys St Marys, New South Wales St Marys is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. St Marys is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith....
Cooma Correctional Centre Cooma Correctional Centre Cooma Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Vale St, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia.Construction of the Cooma Correctional Centre commenced in 1870 from local granite which was quarried from the hill where the Centre now stands. The Centre commenced operations on 1...	Operational	Minimum/Medium	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	140	Cooma Cooma, New South Wales -Education: is Cooma's only public high school, it serves the town and seven of the neighbouring rural towns and villages such as Berridale, Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Bredbo and Dalgety....
Darlinghurst Gaol Darlinghurst Gaol Darlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...	Closed	?	?	1822	1914	?	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Defence Force Correctional Establishment	Operational	?	Australian Defence Force	?	?	?	Holsworthy Barracks Holsworthy Barracks Holsworthy Barracks is located in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Holsworthy. It is part of the Holsworthy military reserve, which has been a training area and artillery range for the Australian Army since World War I. Following World War II it became a major base for the permanent...
Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian women's prison located in Berkshire Park, New South Wales, Australia.Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre is not maximum security jail however some inmates have been found guilty of serious crimes, including murder. Prisoners wear green...	Operational	Medium	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	200	Windsor Windsor, New South Wales Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...
Dubbo Gaol Old Dubbo Gaol Old Dubbo Gaol was an Australian prison located in the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second gaol in Dubbo, replacing lockups built in 1847 and 1862....	Museum	?	Commonwealth of Australia	1847	1966	?	Dubbo
Emu Plains Correctional Centre Emu Plains Correctional Centre Emu Plains Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for females located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia....	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Emu Plains Emu Plains, New South Wales Emu Plains is a town, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Emu Plains is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....
Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	?	?	?	Kariong
Glen Innes Correctional Centre Glen Innes Correctional Centre The Glen Innes Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian male prison located 45 km from Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia.*http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres/glen_innes...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Glen Innes Glen Innes, New South Wales Glen Innes is a parish and town on the Northern Tablelands, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the centre of the Glen Innes Severn Shire Council. The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and the Gwydir Highway...
Goulburn Correctional Centre Goulburn Correctional Centre The Goulburn Correctional Centre is an Australian maximum and 'Super Maximum' security male prison located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia....	Operational	Supermax	Department of Corrective Services	2001	?	?	Goulburn Goulburn, New South Wales Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway and above sea-level. On Census night 2006, Goulburn had a population of 20,127 people...
Grafton Correctional Centre Grafton Correctional Centre Grafton Correctional Centre is a medium security prison for both men and women in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. As well as housing sentenced offenders, the Centre serves as a reception prison for northern NSW....	Operational	Medium	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Grafton Grafton, New South Wales The city of Grafton is the commercial hub of the Clarence River Valley. Established in 1851, Grafton features many historic buildings and tree-lined streets. Located approximately 630 kilometres north of Sydney and 340 km south of Brisbane, Grafton and the Clarence Valley can be reached...
Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre Ivanhoe Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian prison at Ivanhoe, New South Wales, Australia.The Ivanhoe Warakirri Centre has accommodation for 55 prisoners, the majority of whom are Aboriginal.  Inmates perform cleaning and maintenance tasks, as well as participating in...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	55	Ivanhoe Ivanhoe, New South Wales Ivanhoe is a small township on the Cobb Highway between the Lachlan and Darling rivers in New South Wales, Australia.  It is located within the Central Darling Shire local government area.  Ivanhoe functions as a service centre for the surrounding area.  The township is...
John Morony Correctional Centre John Morony Correctional Centre John Morony Correctional Centre is an Australian male prison located in Berkshire Park, New South Wales, Australia.The John Morony Correctional Complex is located 5 km south of Windsor,...	Operational	Minimum/Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Windsor Windsor, New South Wales Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...
Junee Correctional Centre Junee Correctional Centre Junee Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian male prison located at Junee, 40 km from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.The prison was opened on 19 March 1993...	Operational	Medium	Australian Correctional Services	?	?	750	Junee Junee, New South Wales Junee is a medium sized town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town's prosperity and mixed services economy is based on a combination of agriculture, rail transport, light industry and government services, and in particular correctional services...
Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	?	?	?	Lidcombe Lidcombe, New South Wales Lidcombe is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Lidcombe is located 14 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....
Kariong Youth Correctional Centre	Operational	?	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Kariong Kariong, New South Wales Kariong is a locality of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located to the west of Gosford along the Central Coast Highway. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.Kariong in the local Original language means meeting place...
Keelong Juvenile Justice Centre	Closed	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	1978	2009	?	Unanderra Unanderra, New South Wales Unanderra is a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 10 km south-west of the Wollongong CBD. It is bordered to the west by Farmborough, Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights in the Mount Kembla foothills, the north by Figtree, the east by Berkeley...
Kirkconnell Correctional Centre Kirkconnell Correctional Centre Kirkconnell Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian male prison located 30 km east of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.It is located in the Sunny Corner State Forest and has a fully trained bushfire fighting team comprising both prison staff and inmates.-References:...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Bathurst Bathurst, New South Wales -CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
Laurel Hill Prison Farm	Closed	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	1957	?	?	Laurel Hill Laurel Hill, New South Wales Laurel Hill is a village community in the south east part of the Riverina, in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 14 kilometres south from Batlow and 22 kilometres north from Tumbarumba....
Lithgow Correctional Centre Lithgow Correctional Centre Lithgow Correctional Centre is a maximum security Australian prison located on the Great Western Highway at Marrangaroo, New South Wales, Australia....	Operational	Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Lithgow Lithgow, New South Wales Lithgow is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of the local political division City of Lithgow. It is located in a mountain valley named Lithgow's Valley by John Oxley in honour of William Lithgow, the first Auditor-General of New South Wales.Lithgow is...
Long Bay Correctional Centre Long Bay Correctional Centre Long Bay Correctional Complex is located in the suburb of Malabar in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Long Bay comprises six institutions, four maximum security and two minimum security.-History:...	Operational	Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	1909	?	1100	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Maitland Gaol Maitland Gaol Maitland Gaol is an Australian gaol and prison located in East Maitland, New South Wales. Its construction was started in 1844 and prisoners first entered the gaol in 1848. By the time of its closure, on 31 January 1998, it had become the longest continually run gaol in Australia...	Museum	Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	1848	1998	?	Maitland Maitland, New South Wales Maitland is a city in the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately by road north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle...
Mannus Correctional Centre Mannus Correctional Centre Mannus Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian prison located 10 km south of Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia. Mannus also serves as a periodic detention centre for both male and female inmates....	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Tumbarumba Tumbarumba, New South Wales Tumbarumba is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, about 500 km southwest of Sydney. Tumbarumba is located within the Riverina region and more specifically on the South West Slopes at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains. At the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, people lived...
Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre The Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre is an Australian prison located in Silverwater, from Sydney's CBD, Australia. The prison opened in 1997, and has a capacity of 900 inmates. It is the largest single correctional centre in Australia...  (MRRC)	Operational	Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	900	Silverwater Silverwater, New South Wales Silverwater is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Silverwater is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....
Mid North Coast Correctional Centre	Operational	Medium/Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	500	Aldavilla
Mulawa Correctional Centre Mulawa Correctional Centre The Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian female prison facility located in Holker Street Silverwater, a suburb from the Sydney city center. It is located within the Silverwater Correctional Centre which houses male prisoners and other facilities...	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Silverwater Silverwater, New South Wales Silverwater is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Silverwater is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....
Oberon Correctional Centre Oberon Correctional Centre Oberon Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian prison located 40 km from Oberon, New South Wales, Australia.- References :* http://www.correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au/offender-management/correctional-centres/oberon...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	1930	?	100	Oberon Oberon, New South Wales -See also:*Oberon Correctional Centre*Mount Trickett*Mount Bindo*Shooters Hill-External links:***...
Orana Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	2000	?	45	Dubbo
Parklea Correctional Centre Parklea Correctional Centre Parklea Correctional Centre is a privately managed maximum security remand prison for male inmates with a current capacity for 823 inmates. The prison is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is managed by the GEO group Australia. The centre incorporates a minimum security work release...	Operational	Medium	GEO Group GEO Group The GEO Group, Inc. is a company headquartered in One Park Place, Boca Raton, Florida. GEO is a multi-national provider of governmental services specializing in the management of correctional, detention and mental health and residential treatment in North America, Australia, South Africa and the...	1983	?	893	Parklea Parklea, New South Wales Parklea is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 40 kilometers north-west of the Sydney CBD and is a part of Greater Western Sydney...
Parramatta Correctional Centre Parramatta Correctional Centre Parramatta Correctional Centre is a medium security short term Remand Centre, Transient Centre and Metropolitan Periodic Detention Centre. It houses unsentenced and sentenced B and C classification male inmates, including Drug Court Sanctions and male periodic detainees...	Operational	Medium	Department of Corrective Services	1842	?	580	Parramatta Parramatta, New South Wales Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...
Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	?	?	?	Airds
Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre	Operational	?	Department of Juvenile Justice New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice NSW is a division within the NSW Department of Attorney General & Justice. Juvenile Justice NSW is responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth...	1984	?	33	Wagga Wagga
Silverwater Correctional Centre Silverwater Correctional Centre Silverwater Correctional Centre is a minimum security Australian male prison facility, located in Holker St, Silverwater, west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.-Notable prisoners:...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Silverwater Silverwater, New South Wales Silverwater is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Silverwater is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....
St Heliers Correctional Centre St Heliers Correctional Centre St Heliers Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. St Heliers is also responsible for the State's first mobile prison.-History:...	Operational	Minimum	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	256	Muswellbrook Muswellbrook, New South Wales Muswellbrook, a corruption of 'Muscle Brook', is a town and Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia. The original spelling and etymology of the town's name is a matter of some debate...
Tamworth Correctional Centre Tamworth Correctional Centre Tamworth Correctional Centre is a medium security institution for males and is located in the Northern Tablelands, 397km north of Sydney. Theinstitution serves as a reception correctional centre for Tamworth and surrounding districts....	Operational	Medium	Department of Corrective Services	?	?	?	Tamworth Tamworth, New South Wales Tamworth is a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Peel River, Tamworth, which contains an estimated population of 47,595 people, is the major regional centre for southern New England and in the local government area of Tamworth Regional Council. The city...
Wellington Correctional Centre	Operational	Maximum	Department of Corrective Services	2007	?	650	Wellington Wellington, New South Wales Wellington is a town in inland New South Wales, Australia located at the junction of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers. The town is the administrative centre of the Wellington Shire Local Government Area. The town is 362 kilometres from Sydney on the Great Western Highway and Mitchell Highway...
Total capacity						4927 (known)

Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

 

Prisons in the Northern Territory
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Alice Springs Correctional Centre Alice Springs Correctional Centre Alice Springs Correctional Centre is a medium and maximum security Australian prison located 25 km outside Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.- Capability :Classification Maximum/Medium/Minimum...	Operational	Maximum	?	1996	–	400	Alice Springs
Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre is a medium to high maximum security prison in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.- Capability :...	Operational	Maximum	?	?	–	10	Alice Springs
Berrimah Prison Berrimah Prison Berrimah Prison is a maximum security Australian prison located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.It replaced Fannie Bay Gaol and opened on 1 September 1979 -Notable prisoners:...	Operational	Maximum	?	?	–	?	Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
Darwin Correctional Centre Darwin Correctional Centre Darwin Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.The prison is the main reception prison in the Northern Territory, and holds inmates from most of the northern parts of the Territory...	Operational	Multi purpose	?	1979	–	400	Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre is a detention centre for youth aged 10–17 located in Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia.-References:*Adlam, Nigel . "No Hope Left for Boot Camp." Northern Territory News. 26 December....	Operational	Maximum	?	1989	–	25	Berrimah Berrimah, Northern Territory Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Before World War II, in 1941 the Military authorities had decided on a number of locations in the north to identify strategic "camps" on ‘the road to the North’ - "Berrimah", "Noonamah" and...
Fannie Bay Gaol Fannie Bay Gaol Fannie Bay Gaol is a historic gaol in Darwin, Australia. The gaol operated as Her Majesty's Gaol and Labour Prison, from 20 September 1883 until 1 September 1979...	Closed	Maximum	Department of Community Development, Sport & Cultural Affairs	1883	1979	?	Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp is a minimum security Australian prison located in the Mary River National Park at Wildman River, approximately 170 kilometres from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-References:*...	Operational	Minimum	?	?	–	20	Wildman River
Total capacity						845

Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

 

Prisons in Queensland
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a prison located on the Ipswich Motorway at Wacol in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is a high security prison that is used for remand prisoners, and also for the temporary detention of prisoners while their 'security level' is ascertained.The...	Operational	Maximum	GEO Group Australia GEO Group Australia The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company, responsible for the management of privatised prisons in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Center in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales....	?	–	900	Wacol Wacol, Queensland Wacol is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway...
Boggo Road Gaol Boggo Road Gaol Boggo Road Gaol was a notorious Australian prison located on Annerley Road in Dutton Park, an inner southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The site is the only surviving intact gaol in Queensland that reflects penological principles of the 19th century...	Museum	Maximum	Closed	1883	1993	?	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
Borallon Correctional Centre Borallon Correctional Centre Borallon Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located on Ivan Lane, Borallon, Queensland, Australia, approximately 15 minutes from Ipswich....	Operational	Maximum	Serco	1989	–	494	Borallon
Brisbane Correctional Centre (formerly known as Sir David Longland Correctional Centre Sir David Longland Correctional Centre Brisbane Correctional Centre, formerly the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, is a prison facility located at Wacol , Queensland, Australia... )	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	2008	?	600	Wacol
Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian prison, located at Wacol, Brisbane. It was commissioned on 28 May 1999.Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre replaced the old Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, located at Woolloongabba. The centre has a capacity of 264 cells and is divided...	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	270	Wacol Wacol, Queensland Wacol is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway...
Brisbane Youth Detention Centre	Operational	Maximum	Department of Communities	2001	–	105	Wacol Wacol, Queensland Wacol is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway...
Capricornia Correctional Centre Capricornia Correctional Centre The Capricornia Correctional Centre is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and services mainly the Rockhampton and Central Queensland areas. It is a medium security facility and can hold up to 400 inmates....	Operational	Medium	Queensland Corrective Services	2001	–	500	Rockhampton Rockhampton Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
Cleveland Youth Detention Centre	Operational	Maximum	Department of Communities	1980	–	30	Townsville
Darling Downs Correctional Centre Darling Downs Correctional Centre Darling Downs Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.-References:*http://www.aic.gov.au/research/corrections/facilities/qld.html#darlingdowns...	Operational	Low/Open	Queensland Corrective Services	?	?	170	Westbrook
Gatton Correctional Precinct	Under Development	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	due mid 2011	–	300	Gatton Gatton, Queensland Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....
John Oxley Youth Detention Centre	Closed	Maximum	Department of Communities	1987	2001	–	Wacol Wacol, Queensland Wacol is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway...
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Lotus Glen Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located 25 km south of Mareeba and 20 km north of Atherton in Far North Queensland. Lotus Glen provides a correctional service for high, medium, low and open classification inmates...	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	500	Mareeba Mareeba, Queensland Mareeba is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The town is above sea level on the confluence of the Barron River, Granite Creek and Emerald Creek. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning meeting of the waters...
Maryborough Correctional Centre Maryborough Correctional Centre Maryborough Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.The Maryborough Correctional Centre is a multi-purpose, secure custody facility which accommodates 320 male prisoners in secure accommodation and 180 male prisoners in residential accommodation...	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	2003	–	500	Maryborough Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...
Numinbah Correctional Centre Numinbah Correctional Centre Numinbah Correctional Centre is an open prison on a reserve 100 km south of Brisbane in the Numinbah Valley.The centre houses 104 male prisoners in separate rooms and in an annex 25 female prisoners, a mix of short and long-term.-References:...	Operational	Low/Open	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	129	Numinbah
Palen Creek Correctional Centre Palen Creek Correctional Centre Palen Creek Correctional Centre is situated about 100 km south west of Brisbane in the rural community of Rathdowney. HM Prison Palen Creek was established in 1934. This was the first prison in the Commonwealth to have absolutely no security measures except the honour of prisoners selected to...	Operational	Low/Open/Protection	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	170	Rathdowney Rathdowney, Queensland Rathdowney is a small town in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is on the Mount Lindesay Highway 32 km south of Beaudesert at the base of the McPherson Range. It is located in the Scenic Rim Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Rathdowney had a population of 198.The town was named...
Rockhampton Correctional Centre Rockhampton Correctional Centre Rockhampton Correctional Centre was an Australian prison at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.The prison was replaced by the Capricornia Correctional Centre in 2001.-See also:...	Closed	High	Queensland Corrective Services	1969	–		Rockhampton Rockhampton Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre	Closed	Maximum	Department of Communities	1961	2001	–	Windsor Windsor, Queensland Windsor is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane, located about 3.5 km from the CBD. It is largely residential, featuring many old Queenslanders, although there is also considerable retail commercial activity, primarily concentrated along Lutwyche and Newmarket Roads.-History:Land was first...
Toowoomba Prison Toowoomba Prison Toowoomba Gaol is a historic Australian prison site in Toowoomba, Queensland.-History of site:The original Toowoomba Gaol was closed after the prisoners were transferred to Boggo Road Gaol and demolition commenced in 1903....	Closed	Demolished	N/A	1864	1900	–	Toowoomba
Townsville Correctional Centre Townsville Correctional Centre Townsville Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.The Facility is widely known by many in the Townsville region as "Stuart Prison". Currently, it is the only correctional centre in Queensland to hold mainstream males, females and protection...	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	494	Townsville
Wolston Correctional Centre Wolston Correctional Centre Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Richlands, Queensland, Australia. Wolston is a 'protection' prison, and as such houses many paedophiles, sex offenders and high profile prisoners.-Notable prisoners:* Mohamed Haneef...	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	600	Wacol Wacol, Queensland Wacol is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway...
Woodford Correctional Centre Woodford Correctional Centre Woodford Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Woodford, Queensland, Australia.The prison is the highest security facility in Queensland as mentioned located in Woodford Queensland, approximately 80 kilometres from Brisbane and 30 minutes from Caboolture.On 1 April 1997,...	Operational	Maximum	Queensland Corrective Services	?	–	1008	Woodford Woodford, Queensland Woodford is a small town in Queensland, Australia, on the D'Aguilar Highway 72 km north-west of Brisbane and 24 km west of Caboolture. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. The town is noted for its folk festival that takes place over the New Year holidays. The Woodford...
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Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 

Prisons and correctional facilities in Victoria are managed by Corrections Victoria

Corrections Victoria

Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...

. Several prisons are privatised and managed by groups such as GSL Custodial Services (formerly Group 4).

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 but replaced with Beechworth Correctional Centre in 2005.

Prisons in Victoria
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Fulham Correctional Centre Fulham Correctional Centre Fulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road, Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison consists of mainstream medium security cell blocks, a drug and alcohol treatment unit and a protection unit....	Operational	Minimum/Medium	GEO Group Australia GEO Group Australia The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company, responsible for the management of privatised prisons in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Center in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales....	1997	–	777	Sale, Victoria Sale, Victoria Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
NALU At Fulham Correctional Centre NALU At Fulham Correctional Centre Nalu at Fullham Correctional Centre is a minimum security correctional facility located outside the main walls of Fulham Correctional Centre in Sale, Victoria. It is a state-funded facility that is run by GEO Group Australia, which runs Fulham as well....	Operational	Minimum	GEO Group Australia GEO Group Australia The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company, responsible for the management of privatised prisons in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Center in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales....	2004	–	60	Sale, Victoria Sale, Victoria Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
J Ward J Ward J Ward was an Australian prison used to house the criminally insane, located in Ararat, Victoria, Australia.The buildings are built out of bluestone.J Ward is now a museum open to the public.-See also:*Aradale Mental Hospital*HM Prison Ararat...	Museum	Maximum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1859	1991	?	Ararat, Victoria Ararat, Victoria Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...
HM Prison Ararat HM Prison Ararat HM Prison Ararat is located in Ararat, Victoria, Australia. HM Prison Ararat is located 200 km west of Melbourne. It provides accommodation for prisoners with low to medium security protection requirements, including a high proportion of sex offenders and protection or special needs prisoners...	Operational	Minimum/Medium	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1967	–	397	Ararat, Victoria Ararat, Victoria Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...
HM Prison Barwon HM Prison Barwon HM Prison Barwon is a maximum security Australian prison located at 1140 Bacchus Marsh Road, 6 km from the township of Lara, , Victoria, Australia. Barwon provides accommodation and services for maximum security mainstream prisoners including a 20-bed facility for high security prisoners and a...	Operational	Maximum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1990	–	428	Lara, Victoria Lara, Victoria Lara is a residential rural suburb, 15 km north-east of Geelong, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.- History :The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on December 16, 1824, believing that they had reached Westernport Bay...
HM Prison Beechworth HM Prison Beechworth HM Prison Beechworth was a medium security Australian prison located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.Construction of the current structure was begun in 1859 and completed in 1864 at a cost of 47,000 pounds. The prison closed in 2004 and the site has been purchased by private contractors...	Closed	Medium	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1864	2004	120	Beechworth, Victoria Beechworth, Victoria Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s...
Beechworth Correctional Centre Beechworth Correctional Centre The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum security prison, located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. It was opened in January 2005 as a replacement for the now-closed HM Prison Beechworth....	Operational	Minimum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	2005		120	Beechworth, Victoria Beechworth, Victoria Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s...
HM Prison Bendigo HM Prison Bendigo HM Prison Bendigo was a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Victoria, Australia.The prison provided accommodation for prisoners assessed as suitable for treatment in the area of substance abuse and addictive/compulsive behaviours....	Closed	Medium	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1863	2006	85	Bendigo, Bendigo Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... ]]
HM Prison Dhurringile HM Prison Dhurringile HM Prison Dhurringile is a minimum security prison located on Murchison Road, Murchison, Victoria, Australia.Situated 160 km north of Melbourne, the 68-room mansion, completed in 1877, was originally a homestead for a large farm. The house was completed for the Winter-Irving family, who were...	Operational	Minimum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1965	?	174	Murchison, Victoria Murchison, Victoria Murchison is a small rural village located on the Goulburn River in Victoria, Australia. Murchison is located 167 kilometres from Melbourne and is just to the west of the Goulburn Valley Highway between Shepparton and Nagambie. The surrounding countryside contains orchards, vineyards and dairy...
HM Prison Geelong HM Prison Geelong HM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers Street and Swanston Street in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The prison was built in stages from 1849 to 1864. Its panopticon design is based on Pentonville Prison in England...	Museum	Maximum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1864	1991	?	Geelong, Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... ]]
HM Prison Langi Kal Kal HM Prison Langi Kal Kal HM Prison Langi Kal Kal is an Australian prison located at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria, Australia. The prison is a minimum security prison farm and all inmates are required to work during their stay unless over retirement age...	Operational	Minimum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	?	?	110	Beaufort, Victoria Beaufort, Victoria Beaufort is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area. It is 387 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census, Beaufort had a population of 987...
HM Prison Loddon HM Prison Loddon HM Prison Loddon is an Australian medium security prison, located in Central Victoria, Australia, approximately four kilometres from the centre of Castlemaine and about one and a half hours from Melbourne....	Operational	Medium	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1990	?	399	Castlemaine, Victoria Castlemaine, Victoria Castlemaine is a city in Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The...
HM Prison Morwell River HM Prison Morwell River HM Prison Morwell River, opened in 1951, was an open prison located near Morwell, Victoria. Inmates and prison officers called a truce while working on the project. Prisoners were taken to shopping centers in Morwell and left unattended, at total liberty and on trust, to rattle their tins...	Closed	Minimum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1964	1997	?	Morwell River, Victoria
HM Prison Pentridge HM Prison Pentridge HM Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison built in 1850 in Coburg, Victoria. The first prisoners arrived in 1851. The prison officially closed on 1 May 1997....	Closed	Maximum	Housing Estate built on site	1851	1997	?	Coburg, Victoria Coburg, Victoria Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's Eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin...
HM Prison Sale HM Prison Sale HM Prison Sale is located in Sale, Victoria, Australia. As of September 2006 it is in the process of demolition.Demolition halted for several months due to a legal battle, but resumed soon after. It is almost completely demolished as of April 2007....	Closed	Medium	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	?	?	?	Sale, Victoria Sale, Victoria Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
HM Prison Won Wron HM Prison Won Wron HM Prison Won Wron was a minimum security Australian prison located in Won Wron, Victoria. It was closed in late 2004, and the subsequent proposal to set up an Indigenous rehabilitation facility on the site was opposed by the local community of Yarram....	Closed	Minimum	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1964	2004	127	Won Wron, Victoria
Castlemaine Gaol Castlemaine Gaol The Old Castlemaine Gaol was a prison located in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. The prison was modelled on Pentonville; the present building replaced the original, designed by Inspector General John Price, was never occupied...	Museum	Maximum	State of Victoria	1857	1990	?	Castlemaine, Victoria Castlemaine, Victoria Castlemaine is a city in Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The...
Marngoneet Correctional Centre Marngoneet Correctional Centre Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia, located adjacent to maximum security HM Prison Barwon. Marngoneet Correctional Centre officially opened on 3 March 2006.-See also:*HM Prison Barwon...	Operational	Medium	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	2006		300	Lara, Victoria Lara, Victoria Lara is a residential rural suburb, 15 km north-east of Geelong, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.- History :The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on December 16, 1824, believing that they had reached Westernport Bay...
Old Melbourne Gaol Melbourne Gaol The Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum and former prison located in Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings...	Museum	Maximum	State Of Victoria	1845	1924	?	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
Metropolitan Remand Centre Metropolitan Remand Centre The Metropolitan Remand Centre is an Australian prison located at Ravenhall, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway...	Operational	Maximum Remand	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	2006	?	600	Ravenhall, Victoria Ravenhall, Victoria Ravenhall is a bounded rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km west from Melbourne's central business district, adjoining the Melbourne suburbs. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton. At the 2006 Census, Ravenhall had a population of 575.Ravenhall is located south of the...
Port Phillip Prison Port Phillip Prison Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison located at Truganina, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest prison, able to accommodate up to 824 prisoners. The prison is privately operated on behalf of the Government of Victoria by G4S Australia Pty Ltd.-Construction and...	Operational	Medium/Maximum	GSL Group	1997	?	744	Deer Park, Victoria Deer Park, Victoria Deer Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank...
Turana Youth Training Centre Turana Youth Training Centre Melbourne Youth Justice Centre , is a youth corrections facility located in Parkville, Victoria, Australia....	Closed	Medium/High	Department of Human Services Department of Human Services A Department of Human Services or Ministry of Human Services is a national or subnational umbrella agency which is responsible for providing public assistance programs to the population they serve...	1950's	2001	86	Parkville, Victoria Parkville, Victoria Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre Dame Phyllis Frost Centre Dame Phyllis Frost Centre is a maximum security women's prison located at Deer Park, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by Guymer Bailey Architects Pty. Ltd. and built in 1996 as the first privately designed, financed and operated prison in Victoria...	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum (Female)	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	1996	?	260	Deer Park, Victoria Deer Park, Victoria Deer Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank...
HM Prison Fairlea HM Prison Fairlea HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Road in the suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. The first all-female prison in Victoria, it was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Asylum, with remnants of the walls and gates being used in the layout of the prison. In...	Closed	Maximum	?	?	1995	?	Fairfield, Victoria Fairfield, Victoria Fairfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Darebin and Yarra...
HM Prison Tarrengower HM Prison Tarrengower HM Prison Tarrengower is a women's prison located in Maldon, Victoria, Australia.-History:Originally a farm, the prison was opened in January 1988 after the property was purchased and accommodation units were built. Tarrengower is the only minimum security female prison in Victoria...	Operational	Minimum (Female)	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	?	?	54	Maldon, Victoria Maldon, Victoria Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. It has been designated "Australia's first notable town" and is celebrated for its 19th-century appearance, maintained since gold-rush days...
Barwon Supermax	Operational	Supermax	Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria Corrections Victoria is the Victorian government department established in 2003, responsible for Victoria's corrections system. Corrections Victoria manages approximately 50 Community Correctional Centres in Victoria and is also responsible for the management of the states public prisons as well as...	?	?	120	Lara, Victoria Lara, Victoria Lara is a residential rural suburb, 15 km north-east of Geelong, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne.- History :The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on December 16, 1824, believing that they had reached Westernport Bay...
Melbourne Youth Justice Centre	Operational	Medium/High	Department of Human Services Department of Human Services A Department of Human Services or Ministry of Human Services is a national or subnational umbrella agency which is responsible for providing public assistance programs to the population they serve...	1993	–	110	Parkville, Victoria Parkville, Victoria Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....
Parkville Youth Residential Centre	Operational	Medium/High	Department of Human Services Department of Human Services A Department of Human Services or Ministry of Human Services is a national or subnational umbrella agency which is responsible for providing public assistance programs to the population they serve...	1998	–	30	Parkville, Victoria Parkville, Victoria Parkville is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, the population was 4,980....
Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum	Department of Human Services Department of Human Services A Department of Human Services or Ministry of Human Services is a national or subnational umbrella agency which is responsible for providing public assistance programs to the population they serve...	1965	–	74	Malmsbury, Victoria Malmsbury, Victoria Malmsbury is a town in central Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Old Calder Highway , 96 km north west of the state capital, Melbourne and 11 km north west of Kyneton. Situated close by the Coliban River, Malmsbury has a population of 587...
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South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

 

Prisons in South Australia are managed by the South Australian, Department for Correctional Services apart from the Mount Gambier Prison

Mount Gambier Prison

Mount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Mount Gambier, South Australia.It is the first prison in South Australia to be privately managed by GSL Custodial Services Pty Ltd , the Prison caters principally for medium and low security, male sentenced prisoners; can also accommodate...

 which is managed by GSL Group.

Prisons in South Australia
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Adelaide Gaol Adelaide Gaol Adelaide Gaol was an Australian prison located in Thebarton, South Australia, Australia. The gaol was the first permanent one in South Australia and operated from 1841 until 1988...	Closed (Museum)	Maximum	SADCS	1841	1988	440	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Adelaide Pre-Release Centre Adelaide Pre-Release Centre The Adelaide Pre-Release Centre is a minimum security Australian prison facility located in Regency Park, South Australia, Australia.*...	Operational	Minimum	SADCS	?	-	70 (Male only)	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Adelaide Remand Centre Adelaide Remand Centre The Adelaide Remand Centre is a maximum-security prison facility located in Adelaide, South Australia, used to hold prisoners on remand pending trial.-External links:*...	Operational	Maximum	SADCS	1986	-	267 (Male only)	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Adelaide Women's Prison Adelaide Women's Prison The Adelaide Women's Prison is a maximum security Australian prison facility located in Northfield, South Australia, Australia.In 2006, the visits faculty was renovated by a community project of Edge Church....	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum/Remand	SADCS	1969	-	128	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Baxter Detention Centre Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Baxter Detention Centre, was an Australian immigration detention facility near the town of Port Augusta in South Australia. It was the focus of much of the controversy concerning the mandatory detention of asylum seekers in Australia...	Closed	Detention	ACM Australasian Correctional Management Australasian Correctional Management was a private company owned by Wackenhut, a subsidiary of multinational security giant Group 4 Securicor. From 1998 until 2003 ACM was responsible for running at least six Immigration detention centres in Australia...	2002	2007	660	Port Augusta Port Augusta, South Australia -Electricity generation:Electricity is generated at the Playford B and Northern power stations from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek, 250 km to the north...
Cadell Training Centre Cadell Training Centre Cadell Training Centre is an Australian prison located in Cadell, South Australia, approximately 180 km north-east of Adelaide and 10 km from the town of Morgan. Named for the town of Cadell which is itself named after Captain Francis Cadell, who was the navigator on Charles Sturt’s...	Operational	Minimum	SADCS	1960	-	167	Morgan Morgan, South Australia Morgan is a town in South Australia on the right bank of the Murray River, just downstream of where it turns from flowing roughly westwards to roughly southwards. It is about north east of Adelaide, and about upstream of the Murray Mouth. At the 2006 census, Morgan had a population of 426.The...
Mobilong Prison Mobilong Prison Mobilong Prison is an Australian low and medium security prison located at Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.*...	Operational	Minimum/Medium	SADCS	1987	-	327	Murray Bridge
Mount Gambier Prison Mount Gambier Prison Mount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Mount Gambier, South Australia.It is the first prison in South Australia to be privately managed by GSL Custodial Services Pty Ltd , the Prison caters principally for medium and low security, male sentenced prisoners; can also accommodate...	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum	GSL Group	1995	-	139	Mount Gambier Mount Gambier, South Australia Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....
Port Augusta Prison Port Augusta Prison Port Augusta Prison is a prison located in Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia.The prison has facilities for high, medium and low security prisoners including protectees and special needs prisoners...	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum	SADCS	?	-	355 male / 8 Female	Port Augusta Port Augusta, South Australia -Electricity generation:Electricity is generated at the Playford B and Northern power stations from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek, 250 km to the north...
Port Lincoln Prison Port Lincoln Prison Port Lincoln Prison is an Australian prison located in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.Sheep and cattle are raised at the prison providing work for low security prisoners involved in running an agricultural business. Located 650km from Adelaide, and up to 90 low- medium prisoners are kept...	Operational	Minimum/Medium	SADCS	?	-	90	Port Lincoln
Woomera Detention Centre	Closed	Detention	ACM Australasian Correctional Management Australasian Correctional Management was a private company owned by Wackenhut, a subsidiary of multinational security giant Group 4 Securicor. From 1998 until 2003 ACM was responsible for running at least six Immigration detention centres in Australia...	1999	2003	2,000	Woomera Woomera, South Australia The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area ; colloquially known as the Woomera Rocket Range...
Yatala Labour Prison Yatala Labour Prison Yatala Labour Prison is a low- to high-security men's prison in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1854 to enable prisoners to work at the creek, quarrying rock for roads and construction...	Operational	Minimum/Medium/Maximum/Supermax	SADCS	-	1854	468	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Total capacity						2,019 (current)

Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

 

Prisons in Tasmania
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
HM Hayes Prison Farm Hayes Prison Farm Hayes Prison Farm is a minimum security Australian prison located at Hayes, near New Norfolk, Tasmania. The prison was opened in 1937 and consisted of single wooden huts for 30 persons built by prisoners until the cell and administration buildings were replaced in 1964 with new concrete block...	Operational	Minimum	?	?	?	70	Hayes
Ron Barwick Prison	Operational (merged with HM Prison Risdon HM Prison Risdon HM Prison Risdon is a jail in Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia. Dubbed The Pink Palace, it was opened in 1960 when male prisoners moved from the Campbell Street Gaol in central Hobart. Female prisoners were moved to the complex three years later. When built, the buildings were painted pale pink,... )	Minimum	?	?	?	120	Risdon Vale
HM Prison Risdon HM Prison Risdon HM Prison Risdon is a jail in Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia. Dubbed The Pink Palace, it was opened in 1960 when male prisoners moved from the Campbell Street Gaol in central Hobart. Female prisoners were moved to the complex three years later. When built, the buildings were painted pale pink,...	Operational	Maximum	?	1960	?	280	Risdon Vale
Campbell Street Gaol Campbell Street Gaol H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol was an Australian prison facility located in Tasmania, Australia.The original portion of the gaol, at first known as the Hobart Town Prisoner's Barracks, was built by convicts in 1821, to accommodate 640 men...	Closed	?	?	1821	1963	150	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
Cascades Female Factory Cascades Female Factory Cascades Female Factory was an Australian prison in South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.The site comprises five yards, cemetery and outbuildings and is contained within a rectangular city block....	Closed	?	?	1828	1877	?	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
Risdon Women's Prison Risdon Women's Prison Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison is an Australian female prison located in Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia....	Operational	?	?	?	?	23	Risdon Vale
George Town Female Factory	Closed	?	?	?	?	?	?
Hobart Remand Centre Hobart Remand Centre The Hobart Remand Centre is a prison facility located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The prison was opened in January 1999. All cells contain central heating, a shower, toilet and hand basin. The prison connects directly to the Hobart Police Station and also to the courts reducing prisoner...	Operational	?	?	1999	–	50	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
Hobart Town Female Factory	Closed	?	?	1821	–	?	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
Launceston Female Factory	Closed	?	?	?	?	?	Launceston Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
Launceston Remand Centre Launceston Remand Centre Launceston Remand Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Cimitiere Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.-References:* at aic.gov.au...	Operational	?	?	?	?	33	Launceston Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
Ross Female Factory	Closed	?	?	?	?	?	? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...
Total capacity						-

Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 

Prisons and correctional facilities in Western Australia are managed by the Department of Corrective Services.
Male prisons

• Acacia Prison
  Acacia Prison
  Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001.Acacia was the first privately managed prison in Western Australia and was managed by Australian Integration Management Services Corporation for its first five years of...
  
  
• Albany Prison
  Albany Regional Prison
  Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia, Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. In 1979 it was upgraded to maximum security and in 1988 expanded to a capacity of 126. In 1993 it...
  
  
• Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre
• Broome Prison
• Bunbury Prison
• Casuarina Prison
  Casuarina Prison
  Casuarina Prison is the main maximum security prison for Western Australia, located near Perth. The prison accommodates minimum, medium and maximum security prisoners and was opened in 1991 to replace Fremantle Prison...
  
  
• Eastern Goldfields Prison
  Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison
  Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Boulder, Western Australia, Australia.It replaced the Kalgoorlie Regional Prison in December 1980. The old prison was retained as an annexe to the new prison for three years to hold maximum and medium-security prisoners on a...
  
  
• Fremantle Prison
  Fremantle Prison
  Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The site includes the prison, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art...
  
  , no longer functional and operates as a heritage museum.
• Greenough Prison
• Hakea Prison
  Hakea Prison
  Hakea Prison is an Australian prison located in Canning Vale, Western Australia. The prison officially opened in June 1982 as Canning Vale Prison, managing 248 prisoners. From September 1991, Canning Vale operated as a maximum-security prison until, in 2000, it merged with the CW Campbell Remand...
  
  
• Karnet Prison
  Karnet Prison
  Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum security Australian prison located from Serpentine, Western Australia. The prison farm, located on a property, provides meat, eggs, and vegetables for the entire prison system in Western Australia...
  
  
• Pardelup Prison
  Pardelup Prison
  Pardelup Prison Farm is an Australian minimum security prison located on a mixed-farming operation 27 km west of Mount Barker, Western Australia...
  
  
• Roebourne Prison
• Wooroloo Prison
  Wooroloo Prison
  Wooroloo Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security prison located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. It was established in 1972 under an arrangement that it would offer some of its amenities to the community of Wooroloo...
  
  

Female prisons

• Bandyup Prison
• Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women
  Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women
  Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women, opened in May 2004, is a correctional facility located in Bentley, Western Australia. It aims to offer support to low-security women prisoners preparing for reintegration into the community...
  
  
• Nyandi Women’s Prison

Juvenile Detention Centre

• Banksia Hill Detention Centre

Remand prisons

• Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre
  Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre
  State Youth Remand Centre - Rangeview is an Australian juvenile remand prison facility for between 10 and 18 years, located at Murdoch, Western Australia....
  
  

Immigration detention centres

• Perth Immigration Detention Centre
  Perth Immigration Detention Centre
  Perth Immigration Detention Centre was opened in 1981 and is located near the domestic terminal of Perth Airport, Western Australia.-See also:* Australian immigration detention facilities* List of Australian immigration detention facilities...
  
  

Other

International
Prison	Status	Classification	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Nauru Detention Centre Nauru detention centre The detention center on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru was based on a Statement of Principles, signed on 10 September 2001 by the President of Nauru, René Harris, and Australia's then Minister for Defence, Peter Reith. The statement opened the way to establish a detention center for up...	Closed	?	Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Department of Immigration and Citizenship	?	2008	?	Nauru Nauru Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...
Total capacity						?

See also

• List of prisons
• List of Australian immigration detention facilities
• List of Australian mental asylums
• List of Australian penal colonies
• List of Australians in international prisons