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This is a list of operational and former Australian Prisons . Prisons listed as museum are former prisons now open for public inspection and tours.


AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

As Of 2005 , The Australian Capital Territory does not currently have any prisons suitable for housing sentenced prisoners. Currently, sentenced prisoners in the Australian Capital Territory serve their sentences in New South Wales prisons pending the construction of a prison in the ACT due in 2007 .


NEW SOUTH WALES

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NORTHERN TERRITORY



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VICTORIA

Prisons and correctional facilities in Victoria are managed by Corrections Victoria . 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 mordern with the closure of the last of the "old" jails 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.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Male prisons


Female prisons


Remand Prisons


Immigration detention centres



TASMANIA



WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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


Female prisons


Juvenile Detention Centre

Remand prisons


Immigration detention centres



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