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Prisons in Australia

173 prisons in Australia. Data from Wikidata and Wikipedia.

Acacia Prison Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia.… Adelaide Gaol Adelaide Gaol is a former Australian prison located in the Park Lands of Adelaide, in the … Adelaide Pre-Release Centre The Adelaide Pre-Release Centre is a minimum security Australian prison in the Adelaide su… Adelaide Remand Centre The Adelaide Remand Centre is a maximum-security prison facility located in Adelaide, Sout… Adelaide Women's Prison The Adelaide Women's Prison is an Australian prison facility located in the Adelaide subur… Adelaide Youth Training Centre Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre (also known as Adelaide Youth Training Centre or Kurlana… Albany Regional Prison Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western A… Alexander Maconochie Centre The Alexander Maconochie Centre is an Australian prison in the Australian Capital Territor… Alice Springs Correctional Centre The Alice Springs Correctional Centre, an Australian medium to maximum security prison for… Alice Springs Juvenile Holding Centre The Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre formerly known as Alice Springs Juvenile Holding … Allambie Reception Centre Allambie Reception Centre was a former reception, treatment, classification and transit ce… Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is a high security remand centre for males, primarily ac… Ashendene Boys Home Ashendene Boys Home was a former home for boys admitted to care of the Victorian Governmen… Ashley Youth Detention Centre The Ashley Youth Detention Centre is a youth detention centre outside Deloraine, Tasmania,… Ballarat Gaol The Ballarat Gaol, a former maximum security prison for males, females and children, is lo… Bandyup Women's Prison Bandyup Women's Prison is located in the northeastern rural Perth suburb of West Swan, Wes… Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre is an Australian juvenile prison facility for offen… Bathurst Correctional Complex Bathurst Correctional Centre, originally built as Bathurst Gaol in 1888, is a prison for m… Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre or commonly just Baxter Detention Centr… Beechworth Correctional Centre The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum security prison, located in Beechworth, Vi… Belconnen Remand Centre Belconnen Remand Centre, or BRC, was an Australian remand custody facility located in Belc… Berrima Gaol Berrima Gaol is a heritage-listed former prison in Berrima, New South Wales. Established i… Berrima Internment Camp Huts Area Berrima Internment Camp Huts Area is a heritage-listed former internment camp site at Argy… Berrimah Prison Berrimah Prison, was an Australian maximum security prison formerly located in Darwin, Nor… Boggo Road Gaol H.M. Prison Brisbane, commonly known as Boggo Road Gaol, was Queensland's main prison from… Borallon Training and Correctional Centre Borallon Training and Correctional Centre is an Australian prison. Despite its name, it is… Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women, opened in May 2004, is a correctional facility locat… Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre Yetta Dhinnakkal Centre, also known as the Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre, Brewarrin… Brisbane Correctional Centre Brisbane Correctional Centre, formerly the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, formerl… Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre is a prison for women, located in the suburb of Wacol… Broken Hill Correctional Centre Broken Hill Correctional Centre, formerly Broken Hill Gaol, is an Australian minimum and m… Broome Regional Prison Broome Regional Prison is an Australian prison in Broome, Western Australia. It is one of … Bunbury Regional Prison Bunbury Regional Prison is a multi-security prison located in College Grove, a southern su… Cadell Training Centre Cadell Training Centre is an Australian minimum security prison located in Cadell, South A… Camp Victory Camp Victory, also known as Camp Casino, was an Australian Army and Royal Netherlands East… Campbell Street Gaol H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol, a former Australian maximum security prison for … Capricornia Correctional Centre The Capricornia Correctional Centre is a prison located in Etna Creek in the Shire of Livi… Cascades Female Factory The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the pena… Casuarina Prison Casuarina Prison is the main maximum-security prison for Western Australia, located in the… Cessnock Correctional Centre Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males,… Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre North West Point Immigration Detention Centre, formerly Christmas Island Immigration Recep… Clarence Correctional Centre Clarence Correctional Centre is a minimum- and maximum-security prison for men and women l… Collingwood Stockade Collingwood Stockade was a penal stockade in modern-day Carlton North, Victoria, Australia… Cooma Correctional Centre Cooma Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to medium prison for males, is located in… Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site is a heritage-listed former prisoner-of-war camp at Evans … Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre Curtin Immigration Detention Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility at the… Dame Phyllis Frost Centre The Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, formerly the Deer Park Metropolitan Women's Correctional Ce… Darling Downs Correctional Centre Darling Downs Correctional Centre was a low-security prison facility in Toowoomba, Queensl… Darlinghurst Gaol The Darlinghurst Gaol is a former Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wal… Darlington Probation Station Darlington Probation Station was a convict penal settlement on Maria Island, Tasmania (the… Darwin Correctional Centre Darwin Correctional Centre is a minimum-to-maximum security prison approximately 30 kilome… Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre Dillwynia Correctional Centre is a prison for women located on the grounds of the Francis … Don Dale Youth Detention Centre The Don Dale Youth Detention Centre (DDYDC) is a facility for youth detention in the North… Doug Owston Correctional Centre The Doug Owston Correctional Centre, is an Australian minimum to maximum security prison f… Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in South Boulder, Weste… Emu Plains Correctional Centre Emu Plains Correctional Centre is an Australian minimum security prison, previously known … Fannie Bay Gaol Fannie Bay Gaol is a historic gaol in Fannie Bay, Northern Territory, Australia. The gaol … Fremantle Prison Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former A… Fulham Correctional Centre Fulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road,… Glen Innes Correctional Centre The Glen Innes Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is lo… Goulburn Correctional Centre The Goulburn Correctional Centre is an Australian supermaximum security prison for males. … Grafton Correctional Centre The former Grafton Gaol, later called the Grafton Correctional Centre and then Grafton Int… Greenough Regional Prison Greenough Regional Prison is an Australian prison located in Narngulu, a suburb of Geraldt… HM Prison Barwon HM Prison Barwon or informally Barwon Prison, an Australian high risk and maximum security… HM Prison Beechworth HM Prison Beechworth, now known as Beechworth Gaol, was a medium security Australian priso… HM Prison Bendigo HM Prison Bendigo was a medium security prison facility located in Bendigo, Victoria, Aust… HM Prison Dhurringile HM Prison Dhurringile was a minimum security prison located in Dhurringile, Victoria, Aust… HM Prison Fairlea HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Road in the suburb… HM Prison Geelong HM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers S… HM Prison Langi Kal Kal HM Prison Langi Kal Kal is an Australian prison located in Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victor… HM Prison Loddon HM Prison Loddon is an Australian low-medium security prison, located in Central Victoria,… HM Prison Morwell River A nursery and workers camp was established by the Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) in 194… HM Prison Pentridge HM Prison Pentridge, better known as the Pentridge Prison and officially, Her Majesty's Pr… HM Prison Sale HM Prison Sale was a prison in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison was first proclaimed … HM Prison Tarrengower HM Prison Tarrengower is a women's prison located in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. It focus… HM Prison Won Wron HM Prison Won Wron was a minimum security prison located at Won Wron near Yarram in Victor… Hakea Prison Hakea Prison is a maximum security prison for males, located in Canning Vale, Western Aust… Hay Gaol The Hay Gaol is a heritage-listed former prison and now museum at 355 Church Street, Hay, … Hay Internment and POW camps The Hay Internment and POW camps at Hay, New South Wales, Australia were established durin… Hayes Prison Farm Hayes Prison Farm, a former Australian minimum security prison for males, was established … Her Majesty's Gaol and Labour Prison, Alice Springs Her Majesty's Gaol and Labour Prison was a government run prison in Alice Springs in the N… Hopkins Correctional Centre Hopkins Correctional Centre is an Australian medium security protection prison for males, … Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre The Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre, a former Australian minimum security prison f… J Ward J Ward, originally the Ararat County Gaol, was an Australian prison, of the latter a psych… John Morony Correctional Complex Francis Greenway Correctional Complex, formerly John Morony Correctional Complex is an Aus… Junee Correctional Centre Junee Correctional Centre is a prison in Junee, Australia, operated by Corrective Services… Karnet Prison Farm Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Western Australian prison located in Keysbrook St… Katarapko Wood Camp Katarapko Wood Camp was a World War II prisoner of war camp, located on Katarapko Island, … Kirkconnell Correctional Centre Kirkconnell Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is locat… Lithgow Correctional Centre Lithgow Correctional Centre is a prison near Lithgow, Australia, operated by Corrective Se… Long Bay Correctional Centre The Long Bay Correctional Complex, commonly called Long Bay, is a correctional facility co… Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Lotus Glen Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located 14 km south of Mar… Loveday Camp 10 Camp 10 was one of three main prisoner of war and internment camps in South Australia (the… Loveday Camp 14 Camp 14 was one of three main prisoner of war and internee camps in South Australia (the o… Loveday Camp 9 Camp 9 was one of three main prisoner of war and internee camps in South Australia (the ot… Macquarie Correctional Centre Macquarie Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males, is located… Macquarie Harbour Penal Station The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement, establish… Magill Youth Training Centre The Magill Youth Training Centre (more correctly Magill Training Centre), also known as th… Maitland Gaol The Old Maitland Gaol, also known as Maitland Correctional Centre, is a heritage-listed fo… Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre is a correctional facility for young male offenders in Malm… Mannus Correctional Centre Mannus Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located 10… Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre The Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre was an Australian immigration detention facil… Marngoneet Correctional Centre Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 559-bed medium security Australian prison in Lara, Vic… Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison, formerly Risdon Women's Prison, an Australian minimum to m… Mary Wade Correctional Centre Mary Wade Correctional Centre is a minimum-security works release centre for men. Mary Wad… Maryborough Correctional Centre Maryborough Correctional Centre is a prison located at Stein Road, Aldershot, Queensland, … Melbourne Assessment Prison The Melbourne Assessment Prison (MAP) is an Australian remand and reception prison located… Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) is an Australian immigration detention … Mid North Coast Correctional Centre The Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison … Mobilong Prison Mobilong Prison is an Australian low and medium security prison for men located at Murray … Moorook West Wood Camp Moorook West (Wood Camp) was a short lived World War II prisoner of war camp in the Austra… Mount Gambier Gaol Mount Gambier Gaol is a heritage-listed former prison and now converted accommodation and … Mount Gambier Prison Mount Gambier Prison is an Australian prison located in Moorak immediately south of Mount … Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre The Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre is a heritage-listed former juvenile detention ce… NALU at Fulham Correctional Centre Fulham Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison located in Hopkins Road,… Normanton Gaol Normanton Gaol is a heritage-listed former prison at 27 Haigh Street, Normanton, Shire of … Northern Immigration Detention Centre Northern Immigration Detention Centre is a facility operated by the Australian Department … Numinbah Correctional Centre Numinbah Correctional Centre is an open prison on a 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) reserve 100 km so… Nyandi Women's Prison Nyandi Women's Prison was a correctional facility that became the Boronia Pre-release Cent… Oberon Correctional Centre Oberon Correctional Centre is an Australian minimum security prison for young males convic… Old Castlemaine Gaol The Old Castlemaine Gaol is a former prison, located in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. … Old Dubbo Gaol The Old Dubbo Gaol is a heritage-listed former gaol and now museum and tourist attraction … Old Gaol Museum The Newcastle Gaol Museum is a prison museum on Clinton Street in Toodyay, Western Austral… Old Gladstone Gaol Gladstone Gaol is a historic former prison in Gladstone, South Australia. Built between 18… Old Kilmore Gaol The Old Kilmore Gaol is a bluestone building in Kilmore, Victoria. It was originally built… Old Melbourne Gaol The Old Melbourne Gaol is a former jail and current museum on Russell Street, in Melbourne… Palen Creek Correctional Centre Palen Creek Correctional Centre is situated about 100 km south west of Brisbane in the rur… Pardelup Prison Farm Pardelup Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security prison located on a 2,600-hectare (… Parklea Correctional Centre Parklea Correctional Centre, a privately managed Australian maximum and minimum security p… Parramatta Correctional Centre The Parramatta Correctional Centre is a heritage-listed former medium security prison for … Parramatta Female Factory The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original s… Periodic Detention Centre Symonston Correctional Centre is a former minimum security Australian prison located in Sy… Perth Gaol The Perth Gaol (often referred to as the Old Perth Gaol) was a gaol built in Perth, the st… Perth Immigration Detention Centre Perth Immigration Detention Centre was opened in 1981 and is located near the domestic ter… Pirra Homestead Pirra Homestead, in Windermere Road, Lara, Victoria, was built in the mid-1860s by George … Port Augusta Prison Port Augusta Prison is a prison located in Stirling North just south of Port Augusta, Sout… Port Lincoln Prison Port Lincoln Prison is an Australian prison on the Eyre Peninsula located in Duck Ponds, S… Port Phillip Prison Port Phillip Prison is a maximum security prison facility located at Truganina, Victoria, … Rangeview Juvenile Remand Centre State Youth Remand Centre – Rangeview was an Australian juvenile remand prison facility fo… Ravenhall Correctional Centre Ravenhall Correctional Centre is a medium-security male prison currently located in Ravenh… Redruth Gaol Redruth Gaol (later the Redruth Reformatory) is a historic former prison in Burra, South A… Richmond Gaol The Richmond Gaol is a convict era building and tourist attraction in Richmond, Tasmania, … Risdon Prison Complex Risdon Prison Complex is an Australian medium to maximum security prison for males located… Rockhampton Correctional Centre The Capricornia Correctional Centre is a prison located in Etna Creek in the Shire of Livi… Roebourne Regional Prison Roebourne Regional Prison is an Australian prison near Roebourne in the City of Karratha i… Ross Female Factory The Ross Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal co… Round House The Round House was the first permanent building built in the Swan River Colony. Construct… Silverwater Correctional Complex Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre The Silverwater Correctional Complex, an Australian maximum and minimum security prison co… Southern Queensland Correctional Centre The Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC) is an Australian prison facility locate… St Heliers Correctional Centre St Heliers Correctional Centre is a prison farm for men located outside the town of Muswel… Stewart's Creek Gaol Stewart's Creek Gaol is a heritage-listed prison at Centenary Drive, off Dwyer Street, Stu… Stuart Town Gaol Stuart Town Gaol in Alice Springs (formerly Stuart), Northern Territory, Australia, locate… Tamworth Correctional Centre Tamworth Correctional Centre, an Australian medium security prison for males, is located i… Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot In 1851, the Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot was set up in the original township of Toodyay, … Toodyay Gaol Toodyay Gaol stood on lot R66, close to the first Convict Hiring Depot, in the original to… Toowoomba Prison Torrens Island Concentration Camp The Torrens Island Internment Camp was a World War I concentration camp, located on Torren… Townsville Correctional Centre Townsville Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility in Stuart, Queensland, Aus… Trial Bay Gaol Trial Bay Gaol is a heritage-listed former public works prison and internment camp at Card… Villawood Immigration Detention Centre Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, originally Villawood Migrant Hostel or Villawood M… Wandoo Reintegration Facility Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison, formerly Wandoo Reintegration Facility, is an Australian min… Wellington Correctional Centre Wellington Correctional Centre, an Australian maximum security prison for males and female… Wentworth Gaol The Wentworth Gaol is a heritage-listed former gaol and school building and now museum (ga… West Kimberley Regional Prison West Kimberley Regional Prison is an Australian prison near Derby in the Kimberley region … West Moreton Youth Detention Centre The West Moreton Youth Detention Centre is a youth detention center at Wacol in Ipswich, Q… Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp Wildman River Wilderness Work Camp was an Australian minimum security prison for juvenile … Winlaton Youth Training Centre Winlaton Youth Training Centre was a Government owned and run female youth correctional fa… Wolston Correctional Centre Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian high-security prison facility in Wacol, Brisb… Woodford Correctional Centre Woodford Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located on Neurum Road, Wood… Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre The Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC) was an Australian immigrati… Wooroloo Prison Farm Wooroloo Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security prison located in Wooroloo, Western… Yatala Labour Prison Yatala Labour Prison (YAT-luh) is a high-security men's prison located in the north-easter…

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