The Metropolitan Remand Centre (abbreviated and commonly referred to as MRC) is an Australian prison located at 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...

, approximately 20 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD on the Western Freeway

Western Freeway (Victoria)

The Western Freeway is a 125 kilometre Australian freeway linking the state capital of Victoria to the major regional city of Ballarat...

 (Deer Park Bypass). The prison is a maximum security remand facility which opened in April 2006 and is operated 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...

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The majority of MRC's 600 inmates are held awaiting the outcome of their court case, some inmates have been sentenced and are waiting for appeals to be heard and a small number are sentenced prisoners transferred to free up beds at HM Melbourne Assessment Prison

HM Melbourne Assessment Prison

HM Melbourne Assessment Prison is an Australian remand and reception prison located in Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria. The prison is also known by the nickname 'The Map'...

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Accommodation consists of four 75-bed general (mainstream) units, one 100-bed protection unit (called Deakin), 200 beds in various units allocated for special needs such as vulnerable or young adult prisoners and a 13-bed management unit.

The protection unit is divided into 3 areas (A, B and C) which are separated by the officer's post.