Victoria
Prisons and correctional facilities in Victoria are managed by Corrections Victoria. Several prisons are privatised and managed by groups such as G4S Australia Pty. Limited and GEO Group Australia Pty. Limited.
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 |
| Acheron Boys Home | Operational | Minimum (juveniles) | Youth Justice Custodial Services | circa 1966 | 10 | Buxton | |
| Ashendene Boys Home | Closed | Juveniles | Family Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department | 1966 | November 1988 | ? | Olinda |
| Ballarat Gaol | Closed | Maximum (males and females) | Corrections Victoria | 1862 | 1965 | Ballarat | |
| Beechworth Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 2005 | 120 | Beechworth | |
| Beechworth Gaol | Closed | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 1864 | 2004 | Beechworth | |
| Castlemaine Gaol | Museum | Maximum | State of Victoria | 1857 | 1990 | ? | Castlemaine |
| Dame Phyllis Frost Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum (female) | Corrections Victoria | 15 August 1996 | 260 | Deer Park | |
| Fulham Correctional Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | GEO Group Australia | 1997 | 777; 60 |
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| HM Prison Barwon | Operational | Maximum; supermax | Corrections Victoria | January 1990 | 425 | Lara | |
| HM Prison Bendigo | Closed | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 1863 | 2006 | Bendigo | |
| HM Prison Dhurringile | Operational | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 1965 | 174 | Murchison | |
| HM Prison Geelong | Museum | Maximum | Corrections Victoria | 1864 | 1991 | ? | Geelong |
| HM Prison Langi Kal Kal | Operational | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | ? | 110 | Beaufort | |
| HM Prison Loddon | Operational | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 1990 | 399 | Castlemaine | |
| HM Prison Morwell River | Closed | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 1964 | 1997 | ? | Morwell River |
| HM Prison Pentridge | Closed | Maximum | Housing Estate built on site | 1851 | 1997 | ? | Coburg |
| HM Prison Sale | Closed | Medium | Corrections Victoria | ? | ? | ? | Sale |
| HM Prison Won Wron | Closed | Minimum | Corrections Victoria | 1964 | 2004 | Won Wron | |
| HM Prison Fairlea | Closed | Maximum | ? | ? | 1995 | ? | Fairfield |
| HM Prison Tarrengower | Operational | Minimum (female) | Corrections Victoria | ? | ? | 54 | Maldon |
| Hopkins Correctional Centre (Ararat) | Operational | Minimum to medium | Corrections Victoria | 1967 | 397 | Ararat | |
| J Ward | Museum | Maximum | Corrections Victoria | 1859 | 1991 | ? | Ararat |
| Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre | Operational | Minimum to maximum | Department of Human Services | 1965 | 74 | Malmsbury | |
| Marngoneet Correctional Centre | Operational | Medium | Corrections Victoria | 2006 | 300 | Lara | |
| Old Melbourne Gaol | Museum | Maximum | State of Victoria | 1845 | 1924 | ? | Melbourne |
| Melbourne Youth Justice Centre | Operational | Medium to maximum | Department of Human Services | 1993 | 110 | Parkville | |
| Metropolitan Remand Centre | Operational | Maximum remand | Corrections Victoria | 2006 | 600 | Ravenhall | |
| Parkville Youth Residential Centre | Operational | Medium to maximum | Department of Human Services | 1998 | 30 | Parkville | |
| Port Phillip Prison | Operational | Medium to maximum | G4S Australia Pty. Limited | 1997 | 744 | Deer Park | |
| Turana Youth Training Centre | Closed | Medium to maximum | Department of Human Services | 1950's | 2001 | Parkville | |
| Total capacity | - | (current) | |||||
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