Australia Inmate Search & Prison Directory

Balund-a provides a residential diversionary program for offenders. Its aim is to reduce re-offending and enhance skills within a cultural and supportive community environment. Located on Bundjalung land, Balund-a is on the western side of the Clarence River and is approximately 25km by road south of Tabulam.Balund-a accommodates male and female residents aged between 18 and 35, mainly from the Bundjalung Nation. Magistrates are able to sentence offenders to Balund-a after conviction or refer defendants to Balund-a as a condition of bail. The Program also has the ability to accept offenders subject to community-based orders.Local Elders provide support and assist residents to recognise, restore and value cultural links with their land and history. Residents participate in a range of programs, most from the local community, delivered in a culturally sensitive environment. It aims to develop partnerships with community organisations in order to support resettlement, allowing continuing support a

Bathurst Correctional Complex is a medium/minimum institution for males and is situated 210km west of Sydney. The Complex serves as a reception prison for western NSW. A minimum-security cellblock, known as X Wing, is located outside the walls of the main part of the gaol. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Berrima Correctional Centre is a medium security institution for women situated in the Southern Highlands, 125km south-west of Sydney and 14km from Mittagong. The Centre is also responsible for the administration of a periodic detention centre and court cells at Wollongong. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Yetta Dhinnakkal Centre is a minimum security institution for Aboriginal males, located 70 km south of the township of Brewarrina in north western NSW, 800 km from Sydney. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Broken Hill Correctional Centre, which is a medium security and minimum security institution for both males and females, is located in far western NSW, 1190km from Sydney. The medium security section is a reception prison for a large area of the State bordered by Queensland in the north, Victoria in the south and South Australia in the west. It holds a mixture of sentenced and remand inmates. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Cessnock Correctional Centre is a minimum and maximum security institution for males. It is situated in the Hunter Valley, 151km north-west of Sydney and 48km west of Newcastle. Cessnock is the reception prison for the Newcastle/Hunter region. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

The Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre (CDTCC) is separately based near the Parklea Correctional Complex. The CDTCC is approximately 40km north-west of the Sydney central business district. The CDTCC houses up to 70 participants who have been sentenced to a Compulsory Drug Treatment Order by the Drug Court in Parramatta. Additional participants are under supervision in the community after they have been released from the CDTCC. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

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 November 1873 with 31 cells. In 1876 it was reduced to a Police Gaol and then a temporary Lunatic Asylum in 1877. The Centre closed temporarily in the early 1900s.The Gaol reopened on 8 March 1957 and was again closed 10 July 1998. Cooma Correctional Centre reopened for the second time in November 2001.The Centre is a minimum and medium security institution located only one hour's drive south of Canberra, 410 km from Sydney and 652 km from Melbourne. The Centre has accommodation for 140 inmates and a total of 53 staff, consisting of 34 custodial officers, 8 overseers and 10 support staff. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Dillwynia Correction Centre is a medium security institution for females that is within the John Morony Correctional Complex located 5 kilometres south of Windsor. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Emu Plains Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for females situated 60km west of Sydney's central business district. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Glen Innes Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for males located 45km east of Glen Innes in the Northern Tablelands, 660km north of Sydney. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Goulburn Correctional Centre is a maximum/minimum security institution for males. It is located in the Southern Tablelands, 197km south-west of Sydney. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Grafton Correctional Centre is a medium/minimum security institution for males and females situated in the centre of Grafton City, 650km north of Sydney. As well as housing sentenced offenders, the Centre serves as a reception prison for northern NSW. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Ivanhoe Warakirri Centre is a minimum security centre for male inmates only and is located in far western NSW midway between Parkes and Broken Hill, 210 km north of Hay. The Centre has accommodation for 55 inmates with C2 and C3 classifications. The inmate population is approximately 80% Aboriginal.Inmates work in various areas as domestic cleaners, in the kitchen, building and ground maintenance, community projects and the Mobile Outreach program. Inmates also participate in education and other programs. These include such things as numeracy and literacy, anger management and Alcohol and Other Drugs programs. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

The John Morony Correctional Complex is located 5 km south of Windsor. The Complex houses the John Morony Correctional Centre, a medium security correctional centre for men; the Outer Metropolitan Multi Purpose Correctional Centre, a minimum security correctional centre for men, and Dillwynia Correctional Centre a medium security correctional centre for women.Several units of the Security & Intelligence Branch are on-site. These include the Specialised Training Unit, the Drug Detector Dog Unit and the Pre Release Programs Unit. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Junee Correctional Centre is a medium/minimum security institution for males located 450km south-west of Sydney and 40km from Wagga Wagga. It is the only privately run correctional centre in NSW.The centre can accommodate 750 inmates, 610 in medium security and 140 in minimum security. All inmates are held in individual cells, with certain cells equipped to accommodate inmates in accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

© State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Kirkconnell Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for males located 180km west of Sydney, 3km off the Great Western Highway in the Sunny Corner State Forest, 28km west of Lithgow and 30km east of Bathurst. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Lithgow Correctional Centre is a maximum security institution for males located 152km west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains. The Centre is at Marrangaroo, 7km west of Lithgow on the Great Western Highway. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Construction of the Long Bay Complex began in 1898. Darlinghurst Gaol, Sydney's main prison, was closed when the complex became operational with the opening of the Women's Reformatory (1909) and the State Penitentiary (1914). A new women's prison, opened in 1962, while a remand centre, built by prison labour, took its first inmates in 1967. The Long Bay Hospital received its first patients in 1987. The Special Purpose Centre took its first prisoners in February 1989. The Reception and Induction Centre (RIC) was closed in September 1997 and the Remand Centre the following month.The Metropolitan Special Programs Centre (MSPC) is an institution housing all classification of inmates. It currently consists of three areas, each providing a range of therapeutic programs which are part of statewide strategies to address specific behavioral issues. It also houses transit inmates awaiting medical appointments with Justice Health. The therapeutic environment addresses the needs of offenders in a range of issu

Construction of the Long Bay Complex began in 1898. Darlinghurst Gaol, Sydney's main prison, was closed when the complex became operational with the opening of the Women's Reformatory (1909) and the State Penitentiary (1914). A new women's prison, opened in 1962, while a remand centre, built by prison labour, took its first inmates in 1967. The Long Bay Hospital received its first patients in 1987. The Special Purpose Centre took its first prisoners in February 1989. The Reception and Induction Centre (RIC) was closed in September 1997 and the Remand Centre the following month.Maximum security. Holds a total of 120 inmate patients in four wards. One ward is for medical cases and the other three for long-term and short-term psychiatric cases. The hospital is jointly administered by Corrective Services and the NSW Department of Health. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Mannus Correctional Centre is a minimum-security institution for 164 males. A periodic detention centre for males and females is situated nearby. The Centre is 515km south of Sydney and 115km south-east of Wagga Wagga and approximately 10 km from the town of Tumbarumba. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

The Metropolitan Remand and reception Centre (MRRC) is a maximum security correctional facility housing around 900 male inmates. The MRRC is one of three correctional facilities which make up the Silverwater Correctional Complex located 21km west of Sydney�s central business district. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

The Metropolitan Special Programs Centre (MSPC) is an institution housing all classification of inmates. It currently consists of three areas, each providing a range of therapeutic programs which are part of statewide strategies to address specific behavioral issues. It also houses transit inmates awaiting medical appointments with Justice Health. The therapeutic environment addresses the needs of offenders in a range of issues which include the Violent Offender Therapeutic Program, Kevin Waller Program and Acute Crisis Unit for inmates with self harm Issues, The Ngara Nura programs for inmates with addiction issues, CUBIT an intensive treatment program for sex offenders and the Additional Support Unit for inmates with intellectual disabilities. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Mid North Coast Correctional Centre is a medium and minimum security centre for males situated at Aldavilla, 455 km north of Sydney and 14 km west of Kempsey. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

© State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Oberon Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for young male offenders situated 235km west of Sydney. The centre is located in the Gurnang State Forest, on the Shooters Hill Road 40 kilometres from Oberon, approximately 255 kilometres south west of Sydney.Oberon Correctional Centre has operated as an integral component of the New South Wales Corrective Services� strategy for managing young adults in New South Wales correctional centres since 1993. The program operating within the Centre, �The Gurnang Life Challenge Program� derives its name from the State Forest in which the Centre is located. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Parklea Correctional Centre has a capacity of 823 remand and sentenced maximum and minimum security inmates, including a Works Release Centre for 80 inmates. The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd commenced operations at Parklea Correctional Centre on 1 November 2009, making Parklea the second correctional centre to be privately operated in NSW. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Parramatta Correctional Centre is a medium security short term Remand Centre and Transient Centre. It houses unsentenced and sentenced B and C classification male inmates, including Drug Court Sanctions. It is located 22km north-west of the Sydney central business district.Parramatta Correctional Centre is Australia's oldest serving Correctional Centre. Parramatta Gaol was formally proclaimed on 2 January 1842 with progressive opening of wings up until approximately 1910. It was closed from 1918 to 1922 and again for a short period in 1997/1998. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Silverwater Correctional Centre is a minimum security institution for males located 21km west of the Sydney central business district; it includes a Work Release Centre. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre is a maximum security institution for women and the major reception centre for female offenders in NSW. Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre is one of three correctional facilities make up the Silverwater Correctional Complex located 21km west of Sydney�s central business district. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

St Heliers Correctional Complex is a minimum security institution for males situated on the outskirts of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, 128km north-west of Newcastle and 242km north of Sydney. The Complex holds a maximum of 256 inmates and has a total of 71 staff, including 39 Custodial Officers. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Tamworth Correctional Centre is a medium security institution for males and is located in the Northern Tablelands, 397km north of Sydney. The institution serves as a reception correctional centre for Tamworth and surrounding districts. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

Wellington Correctional Centre is a minimum and maximum security institution for male and females. It is situated in the Central West, 360km north-west of Sydney and 50km south-west of Dubbo. Wellington is the reception prison for the Orana region. © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Corrective Services

The ultimate in privileges for males within the SA correctional system is to be accommodated in the Adelaide Pre-Release Centre which runs programs and day leave schemes enabling prisoners to attend education, work and some rehabilitative programs outside the prison. The pre-release centre has a capacity for 80 male prisoners in cottage-style accommodation.The objective of the centre is to ease prisoners back into their community, often after long periods of imprisonment. Many of these people may have lost previous skills or be unemployable in their former jobs so it is imperative that as quickly as possible they are up-skilled through either education or work programs.It is also important for them to re-establish close links and contact with their family. To enable this, a system of family leaves are available to select prisoners which may begin with leave for a short time accompanied by a prison officer, to unaccompanied leave for a short period and then for longer periods such as a weekend.

The Remand Centre, located in Currie Street, Adelaide, is capable of accommodating up to 267 male people who have been remanded in custody by the courts. About 60% of these people are released on bail or don�t receive a custodial sentence.Experience indicates that a person on remand is more likely to attempt to escape or commit self harm and mainly for that reason the Remand Centre is a high security prison.While in the Remand Centre, offenders are able to receive visits regularly and where possible special visits can and are arranged at times which are usually not convenient. Apart from exercise yards, remandees do not have any access to the outside. Their cells are in several accommodation units in which they take their meals and associate for most of the time. Remandees can choose to go to exercise yards or the recreation centre which has weight lifting equipment, a squash court, multi-purpose courts for volleyball etc, and an education centre where computer technology is taught.The

The Adelaide Women�s Prison has two main sections - mainstream, which accommodates high, medium and low security and remand prisoners, and the Living Skills Unit for low security women. They are distinctly separated areas which in total accommodate 128 women.Mainstream has cellblock accommodation while the LSU is for women closing on a release date who are given opportunities to develop skills through special programming. This may consist of education or work programs available outside the prison and special development programs that are run inside the prison.These women live in transportable units each containing their own kitchen, toilets and bathroom. Women accommodated here are responsible for all their own domestic needs using stores supplied by the prison.There are four of these units available for use by nursing mothers. These special units consist of a bedroom for the mother, a nursery for her baby and a living area which includes a kitchen/dining room. © Department of Jus

Cadell Training is located approximately 180 km north-east of Adelaide and is situated on the River Murray 10 km from Morgan. Cadell accommodates up to 167 low security male prisoners in various styles of accommodation including a cellblock, cottages and a dormitory. Cadell Training Centre does not have a secure parameter fence and prisoners are at Cadell under their own trust.Cadell promotes a drug free environment for prisoners with over fifty percent of it�s prison population housed in Drug Free Cottage accommodation. Prisoners living in these independent living areas develop life skills and have extra privileges available to them. Selected prisoners are able to join the local CFS and/or the Community Work Unit.A significant focus for Cadell Training Centre is in the area of Restorative Justice. Prisoners undertake and have completed many community work projects including local cemetery upgrades, painting and restoring Scout Hall, RSL Hall, Football Club Rooms and development of the new Cad

Mobilong Prison at Murray Bridge, about 75km east of Adelaide, is also a low to medium security prison with accommodation for 327 males. This prison is dedicated to excellence in education and bakery production. Its products are widely used in the prison system. The campus style prison consists of cell block units each having their own meal area and personal facilities. Work programs outside the prison are included in daily activities for low security prisoners. © Department of Justice Correctional Services and South Australian Government

The Mount Gambier Prison is the newest institution in SA and it is the first to be privately managed. Mount Gambier is capable of accommodating 139 prisoners in both cottage and cellblock units. All prisoners are placed on an incentive-based contract, which specify the level of privileges available to that individual. Breaches of these conditions result in the prisoner being reduced in contract level and that in turn affects the level of privileges available.In 1998 prisoners under the instructions of a local builder constructed an education centre within the prison. The work was also attached to a vocational course, which resulted in prisoners learning new skills and obtaining TAFE certificates to assist them upon their release. © Department of Justice Correctional Services and South Australian Government

Port Augusta Prison is a multi-purpose facility providing accommodation for up to 363 high, medium and low security prisoners including protectees and special needs prisoners. Of this 363-bed capacity, up to 8 beds are utilised for women prisoners. The prison is one of only two facilities in the State that provides specific accommodation for female prisoners and the only prison to provide regular accommodation for both male and female prisoners.The Department�s Mobile Outback Work Camps (MOWCamps) operate from this prison. The program continues to provide benefits to the community through its work in National Parks at Balcoona, Danggali, and the Coorong and the Gawler Ranges. Danggali has recently been wound down with the advent of a new camp in the Gawler Ranges. Significant work has been undertaken at Cantara Homestead, located at the southern end of the Coorong. Prisoners have spent many hours renovating the building to a level where it is now used as living quarters for the camp.The prison

Port Lincoln Prison is situated 650 kms west of Adelaide and can accommodate 90 medium to low security prisoners. The prison property totals just over 200ha, of which approximately 150ha is dedicated to crop farming each year. Sheep and cattle are also raised on the property and low security prisoners are an integral part of the workforce involved in running the agricultural areas of the prison.Recently, the farm also began producing both hydroponic and naturally grown vegetables. The majority of this produce is supplied to local businesses within Port Lincoln and the surrounding areas.Port Lincoln also runs a wood work shop, where medium security prisoners are currently constructing outdoor settings for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, as well as creating nesting boxes for a local chicken farm.Restorative justice programs also operate from Port Lincoln. Low security prisoners have been involved in many projects, including restoration of damaged jetties, the Aleppo pine eradication pro

Yatala is a high to medium security institution but it also accommodates low security prisoners who are in transit to another prison. Yatala can accommodate up to 468 prisoners all in cell blocks. © Department of Justice Correctional Services and South Australian Government

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The TPS is focused on rehabilitation.� Throughout the facilities the service caters for a large number of education programs, sport and recreation and other activities.� As a Correctional Officer (CO)�you will also be responsible for helping prisoners to integrate back into society upon release from prison.� As a CO, you will be part of a system that is keeping Tasmania safe whilst assisting people who are serving sentences, in learning new skills and regaining old skills to contribute to the community.�

HM Ararat Prison 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 (50 per cent) and protection or special needs prisoners (50 per cent). Ararat Prison was opened in 1967, replacing the century-old Ballarat Gaol. Built at an initial cost of $1.25 million, an ongoing redevelopment program has included a new external security fence, new kitchen and mess room, major industries complex, new accommodation and program areas, and a new Visit Centre. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

HM Barwon Prison provides accommodation and services for mainstream, maximum security prisoners. The prison includes the high security Acacia Unit, the protection units Banksia and Hoya, and mainstream units, Cassia, Diosma and Eucalypt. Barwon was the first new prison in Victoria to be designed specifically for 'unit management'. Construction of the prison commenced in 1986. It was completed in October 1989 and the first prisoners were received in January 1990. Barwon Prison is the only maximum security prison located outside the metropolitan area. It is situated 6 km from the township of Lara and 70 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

Beechworth Correctional Centre focuses on reparation and pre-release activities - helping prisoners reintegrate into the community when they are released. The prison design complements its rural setting and its environment reflects life in the general community as much as possible, offering prisoners similar structures, choices and responsibilities to those they will encounter in the outside world. The Beechworth Correctional Centre was commissioned in January 2005, after the historic 144-year-old Beechworth Prison closed in December 2004. The Beechworth Correctional Centre is located 5km south of the Beechworth township (Beechworth is 270 kilometres north-east of Melbourne). Beechworth is further from Melbourne than any of Victoria's prisons. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

The Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) provides maximum security, medium security and specialist accommodation for remanded and sentenced women prisoners. It is being managed and operated by Corrections Victoria and is called the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, after the well-known campaigner for women prisoners. In the 1950s, Dame Phyllis persuaded the State Government of the day to set up a Consultative Council for Female Prison Reform, and she worked tirelessly with governments, prison administrators and non-government agencies for improved conditions, rehabilitation and education for women in prisons until her death in 2004. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

Corrections Victoria is responsible for the administration of prison sentences handed down by the courts. The budgetary figures came directly from the Corrections Site for figures from 2007-2008. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

HM Dhurringile Prison is a pre-release prison where prisoners undertake both on-site employment and meaningful community reparation via community assistance programs. Dhurringile Prison was originally the 68-room homestead for a large farm and was completed in 1877. During the war it was used as an internment camp for 'alien civilians' and later for prisoners of war. After the war the Presbyterian Church used it as a training camp for English and Scottish orphans, until the Victorian Government purchased it in 1965 to use as a minimum security prison. Over the years the grounds have been reduced to just over 100 hectares (one square mile). The prison is 160km north of Melbourne. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

Fulham Correctional Centre accommodates predominantly mainstream prisoners and includes a drug and alcohol treatment unit and a protection unit. Fulham Correctional Centre was opened on 20 March 1997, with the first prisoners transferred on 7 April 1997. It was Victoria's second private prison, and first privately operated men's prison. Nalu was opened in September 2003. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

Judy Lazarus Transition Centre took in its first prisoners on 30 April 2007, having been officially opened by the Minister on 20 April. The Centre provides a supervised pathway back into society for selected prisoners nearing the end of their sentence. It is named after Judy Lazarus, a prominent advocate of prisoner resettlement and former CEO of the Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

HM Prison Langi Kal Kal houses minimum security prisoners with low-to-medium protection requirements. It is a large working farm and is a minimum security pathway for protection prisoners from Ararat Prison. Langi Kal Kal Prison is 140 kilometres west of Melbourne on the Western Highway at Trawalla. Originally a 70,000 acre farming property in 1838, a substantial farmhouse was built in approximately 1900. After World War Two the land was subdivided and the central area, including the farmhouse, was set aside for prison purposes. The first prisoners arrived in September 1950, and the prison was officially opened in February 1951. In 1965 the prison became a Youth Training Centre, but again became an adult prison in June 1993. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

HM Loddon Prison is a mainstream prison focusing on release preparation and drug rehabilitation. It also offers placement and support for HIV positive prisoners and release preparation for intellectually disabled prisoners. HM Prison Loddon was the second Victorian prison designed specifically for unit management (Barwon was the first). Construction began in February 1988 and cost $29 million. The first prisoners arrived in August 1990 after Castlemaine Prison closed. Loddon Prison is located 4km from Castlemaine, 128km north-west of Melbourne. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

The Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 300 bed, medium security facility, providing intensive treatment and offender management programs for males who are at moderate to high risk of reoffending, and who have a minimum of six months of their sentence left to serve when they arrive there. Officially opened on 3 March 2006, the centre is located near Lara, approximately 70 kilometres west of Melbourne. The name 'Marngoneet' is taken from the local Wathaurong community language and means 'to make new'. The development of the facility was supported by the local Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

HM Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP) facility provides statewide assessment and orientation services for all male prisoners received into the prison system. Planning for the Melbourne Assessment Prison began in 1974, with construction in December 1983. It was completed in 1989 and cost $80 million. The prison was officially opened on 6 April 1989, and received its first prisoners on 29 May 1989. Previously the Melbourne Remand Centre, the prison was originally built to accommodate remand prisoners. In 1997 the prison became the reception prison for all male prisoners in Victoria. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

Metropolitan Remand Centre is Victoria's major remand facility. It is a 600-bed, purpose built, maximum security facility for un-sentenced male prisoners. The facility makes it possible to separate sentenced and un-sentenced prisoners, so far as practicable. This aligns with the United Nations and international standards for the treatment of prisoners who have not yet been found guilty by the courts. This is one of three new prison facilities built as part of the redevelopment of Victoria's corrections system under the Corrections Long Term Management Strategy. The Remand Centre officially opened in April 2006.The project was designed and delivered under a Partnerships Victoria project. The Department's Major Project Delivery Services team administers the partnership with the private sector partner(s) responsible for construction and maintenance of the accommodation, security systems, buildings and grounds. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) &cop

The facility provides remand, sentenced, mainstream, protection and specialist accommodation for high, maximum and medium security prisoners. Port Phillip Prison was the third privately operated prison to open in Victoria. It received its first prisoners on 10 September 1997. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

HM Prison Tarrengower is a minimum security women's prison with an emphasis on release preparation and community integration. 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. It is situated 136km north of Melbourne, 2.5km from the Maldon township. The cost per prisoner per day was said to be $221.40AU (todays rate that is $199.48US) © State of Victoria

Acacia Prison is about 50 km east of Perth in the Wooroloo area and is the only privately-managed prison in Western Australia. This modern prison was designed after extensive international research.The prison, owned by the Department of Corrective Services, contracts its management to an external service provider.Acacia's open plan campus-style design provides significant freedom for prisoners to move within the complex. Prisoners use �smart card� technology to move within the prison, access bank accounts and buy goods from the canteen. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Albany Prison is the only maximum-security prison outside Perth.It also manages medium and minimum-security prisoners and holds a significant number of long-term prisoners originally from other countries. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Bandyup Women�s Prison is the only female prison in Western Australia that caters for all security classifications. Bandyup holds women on remand awaiting a court appearance, assesses newly-sentenced prisoners, and manages women who are completing sentences.The prison works with the Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women, which manages suitable women ready for a minimum-security environment. It aims to provide women with an environment that encourages respect for women themselves and others, embraces diverse cultural backgrounds and provides the best opportunities for positive change. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women sets new standards in custodial services and represents a significant step towards fulfilling the Department�s philosophy for managing women in custody. Boronia supports low-security women prisoners preparing for reintegration into the community.It offers meaningful rehabilitation activities and work placements, which address the unique needs of women prisoners and provides them with practical skills. The community is engaged as an active participant in the centre through a Community Engagement and Advisory Group (CEAG), volunteer program and other initiatives. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Broome Regional Prison manages male and female prisoners of all security ratings from across the Kimberley region. It manages a high percentage of Aboriginal prisoners. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Bunbury Regional Prison manages prisoners in single cells in the main prison or in a minimum-security block. Bunbury Prison includes a short-term maximum-security section for managing people remanded in custody to appear in court. The minimum-security section is a self-contained unit separate from the main prison. Prisoners are responsible for all aspects of their care, except for meals, which are supplied from the main kitchen. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for male prisoners � particularly long-term prisoners � in Western Australia. It has a special unit for intensive high-security supervision of offenders. Most prisoners are housed in six living units. Casuarina is surrounded by a range of state-of-the-art security devices. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison is an integrated minimum-security facility, which has a capacity to manage higher security male and female prisoners for a short term to allow visits or court appearances. The prison manages a high percentage of Aboriginal prisoners. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Greenough Regional Prison manages prisoners from throughout the Midwest region, extending from Exmouth in the north to Moora in the south, and east as far as Wiluna. It manages a high percentage of Aboriginal prisoners. Greenough manages up to 29 female prisoners. Two cells are designed for mothers and babies. Greenough recognises the unique needs of women in prison and strives to provide a supportive custodial environment. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Hakea Prison manages prisoners remanded in custody to appear in court or those who have just been sentenced. Newly-sentenced prisoners are assessed at Hakea Prison before being placed at other WA prisons. Given the stress that can be felt by new arrivals, prisoners require specialist management. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Karnet Prison Farm plays a vital role in the prison system, providing work for minimum-security prisoners. It produces food � particularly milk, meat and eggs � for the State�s prisons. Karnet focuses on the integration of prisoners back into the community. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Roebourne Regional Prison manages prisoners in single, two, four and six-bed cells. The prison�s catchment area covers much of the Pilbara and the Kimberley regions. The prison manages a high percentage of Aboriginal prisoners. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services

Wooroloo Prison Farm is a minimum-security prison. Prisoners work in the local community and are involved in reforestation programs, Department of Environment and Conservation programs, training at local businesses and general community projects. © Government of Western Australia | Department of Corrective Services